Image 1: mosaic, detail; credits: https://zurl.co/hi4lP Image 2: The Golden Ass (book cover to the first edition); credits: https://zurl.co/zVwlr Image 3: Lucius, the donkey, on the beach; credits: https://zurl.co/ZRluK

#worldstorytellingday Once upon a time there was a boy called Lucius, who badly wanted to know more about magic. Unfortunately, due to the wrong spell, he is turned into an ass. He goes through a series of vicissitudes, up until he is returned to his human form.
(source: #Apuleius, The Golden Ass)

Asinine Aspirations Hoofing It Through the Human Condition in Apuleius’ Golden Ass

What happens when curiosity outruns wisdom?

Lucius Apuleius’ 2nd-century masterpiece, The Golden Ass, explores the human condition trapped in the animalistic. A journey from accidental donkey to spiritual seeker.

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#APULEIUS' 'THE GOLDEN ASS' ON THE LIGHT OF THE GODDESSES

"I am she that is the natural mother of all things, mistresse and governesse of all the Elements, the initiall progeny of worlds, chiefe of powers divine, Queene of heaven! the principal of the Gods celestiall, the light of the goddesses:

The human soul is a kind of #daimon.

- #Apuleius, ‘The God of #Socrates’

Les Métamorphoses d’Apulée à travers les lieux et les âges. Réceptions, réécritures, héritages – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Isis presumably with Serapis, 1stC BC-1stC AD, British Museum

The human soul is a kind of #daimon.

- #Apuleius, ‘The God of #Socrates’

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge #Apuleius #GoldenAss #Metamorphosis

“The person is sane, moreover, who knows what insanity is; and, certainly, insanity cannot know itself any more than blindness can see itself.”

Porro sanus est, qui scit quid sit insania, quippe insania scire se non potest, non magis quam caecitas se videre #Apuleius

#Lektürentagebuch 31/7/24: was ich mit #WaltWhitmann, #Bobkowski, #Apuleius und #Henschel über #Krieg und #Lust lesend lernte.

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#Lektürentagebuch 31/7/24: was ich mit #WaltWhitmann, #Bobkowski, #Apuleius und #Henschel über #Krieg und #Lust lesend lernte.

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