The Loeb Classical Library: Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume I : Books 1–6

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The Loeb Classical Library: Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume I : Books 1–6A beguiling tale of mistaken transformation. In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic. The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird, resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error finds himself transformed into an ass. He knows he can revert to his own body by eating

This edition of Aëtius’ Placita offers a fresh translation

This tragic episode during the siege of Troy

την ειρήνη

και η αδελφή του

He recounts with pleasure his racy tales of psychopathic cruelty

A ship bearing a golden fleece

but also aims to reconcile the reader to the prospect of the end of his consciousness

ανάμεσα σε βράχια και σπασμένα όστρακα

Part two offers a concise account of the historical phonology and morphology of Greek

His long life spanned the rise and decline of the Athenian Empire

especially the celebrated episodes of the Bacchanalia and the censorship of Porcius Cato

The book equips students with the tools to interpret texts as well as to write correct Latin