Metamorphoses by Apuleius

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Metamorphoses by Apuleius is a 2nd-century Latin novel, also known as The Golden Ass, that follows the adventures and eventual spiritual redemption of its protagonist Lucius, culminating in his initiation into the mysteries of the goddess Isis.

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instanceOf Latin novel ⓘ
ancient Roman novel ⓘ
prose fiction ⓘ
adaptationOf Greek ass-story tradition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Golden Ass ⓘ
author Apuleius ⓘ
basedOn lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae ⓘ
climacticEvent initiation of Lucius into the cult of Isis ⓘ
containsStory Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
linked to: Amore e Psiche

Tale of the bandits and Charite ⓘ
Tale of the fullers ⓘ
Tale of the miller and his wife ⓘ
Tale of the priest of the Syrian goddess ⓘ
Tale of the stepmother ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire ⓘ
dateWritten 2nd century ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
picaresque novel ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ
influenced Don Quixote ⓘ
European picaresque tradition ⓘ
The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Decameron ⓘ
The Satyricon reception ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryDevice allegory of spiritual rebirth ⓘ
story-within-a-story ⓘ
literaryForm Milesian tales framework ⓘ
literaryPeriod Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Lucius ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
numberOfBooks 11 ⓘ
originalTitle Metamorphoseon libri XI ⓘ
placeInApuleiusCorpus major work ⓘ
plotElement transformation of Lucius into a donkey ⓘ
wanderings and sufferings of Lucius as a donkey ⓘ
religionFeatured Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
religiousElement Isis mysteries ⓘ
setting Roman provinces in Greece ⓘ
survivalStatus only extant complete Latin novel from antiquity ⓘ
theme curiosity and its consequences ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
magic and witchcraft ⓘ
metamorphosis ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
salvation and redemption ⓘ
satire of Roman society ⓘ

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Isis → textualSource → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
Metamorphoses by Apuleius → alsoKnownAs → The Golden Ass ⓘ
linked to: Metamorphoses by Apuleius
Apuleius → notableWork → Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to: Metamorphoses by Apuleius
Apuleius → knownFor → The Golden Ass, a key work of ancient prose fiction ⓘ
linked to: Metamorphoses by Apuleius
Tale of the Stepmother → workIn → Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) ⓘ
subject linked to: Tale of the stepmother
linked to: Metamorphoses by Apuleius
Tale of the Fullers → embeddedIn → Apuleius’ Metamorphoses ⓘ
subject linked to: Tale of the fullers
linked to: Metamorphoses by Apuleius
Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae → influenceOn → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae → principalModelFor → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae → sharesProtagonistWith → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae → sharesTitleWith → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
myth of Cupid and Psyche → earliestFullSource → Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) ⓘ
linked to: Metamorphoses by Apuleius