基本信息出版社：Penguin Classics
页码：304 页
出版日期：1999年01月
ISBN：0140435905
条形码：9780140435900
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Penguin Classics

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Lucius is a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to believe he can be transformed into a bird, but instead he becomes a donkey. Whirled off by robbers, he embarks on a series of adventures and misadventures.
作者简介 Lucius Apuleius (2nd Century AD) North African fubulist, who Latinized the Greek myths and legends. He travelled widely, visiting Italy, Asia &c and was there initiated into numerous religious mysteries. The knowledge which he thus acquired of the priestly fraternities he drew on for his Golden Ass. E.J. Kenney is Emeritus Kennedy Professor of Latin in the University of Cambridge. His publications include a critical edition of Ovid's amatory works. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.