The golden ass / Apuleius ; translated by William Adlington.
By: Apuleius.
Contributor(s): Adlington, William.
Material type: BookSeries: Wordsworth classics of world literature: Publisher: Ware, UK : Wordsworth Editions, 1996Description: xiii, 204 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1853264601.Subject(s): Mythology, Classical | Metamorphosis -- FictionDDC classification: 873.01Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 873.01 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00096866 |
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Includes bibliographical references (page xiii).
Book One -- Book Two -- Book Three -- Book Four -- Book Five -- Book Six -- Book Seven -- Book Eight -- Book Nine -- Book Ten -- Book Eleven.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. vi)
- Abbreviations (p. ix)
- Introduction (p. xi)
- Select Bibliography (p. l)
- Book 1 Journey to Hypata: the Exemplar of Socrates (p. 1)
- Book 2 Further Warnings at Byrrhena's: The, Exemplar of Thelyphron (p. 18)
- Book 3 the Festival of Laughter: Lucius Becomes an Ass (p. 39)
- Book 4 at the Bandits' Hideout. Cupid and Psyche (i) (p. 58)
- Book 5 Cupid and Psyche (continued) (p. 80)
- Book 6 Cupid and Psyche (continued): the Frustrated Escape (p. 100)
- Book 7 Charite (and Lucius) Rescued: Further Ordeals of Lucius (p. 120)
- Book 8 Charite's Revenge and Death: Lucius with the Catamite Priests (p. 138)
- Book 9 with the Priests, the Baker, the Market-Gardener: Four Tales of Cuckolding (p. 161)
- Book 10 Tales of Wicked Women: Pleasant Life with the Cooks Leads to Public Humiliation (p. 191)
- Book 11 Salvation, and Conversion to Isis (p. 218)
- Explanatory Notes (p. 241)
- Index and Glossary of Names (p. 271)