One scene in this work features the protagonist visiting his wealthy relative Byrrhaena, who owns a group of statues which depict Actaeon spying on Diana lasciviously. A comic scene in this work occurs when Philesietaerus makes love to the "virtuous" Arete, which causes Myrmex to be dragged throughout town by his master Barabus. Another digression in this work describes a mythological woman, who isn't allowed to see her husband, until she sorts some grain. During another scene, the protagonist is warned about Pamphile, who is suspected of being a necromancer. Translated into English by Robert Graves, in Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean, this book's section on Cupid and Psyche is read by its title character. Its last section sees its protagonist joins the pastophoroi, after he is initiated into the cult of Isis. Chronicling a picaresque hero who seeks to reverse the title condition, fo
One scene in this work features the protagonist visiting his wealthy relative Byrrhaena, who owns a group of statues which depict Actaeon spying on Diana lasciviously. A comic scene in this work occurs when Philesietaerus makes love to the "virtuous" Arete, which causes Myrmex to be dragged throughout town by his master Barabus. Another digression in this work describes a mythological woman, who isn't allowed to see her husband, until she sorts some grain. During another scene, the protagonist is warned about Pamphile, who is suspected of being a necromancer. Translated into English by Robert Graves, in Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean, this book's section on Cupid and Psyche is read by its title character. Its last section sees its protagonist joins the pastophoroi, after he is initiated into the cult of Isis. Chronicling a picaresque hero who seeks to reverse the title condition, for 10 points, identify this prose work of Lucius Apuleius, in which the protagonist is transformed into the title creature.
One scene in this work features the protagonist visiting his wealthy relative Byrrhaena, who owns a group of statues which depict Actaeon spying on Diana lasciviously.
The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius or The Golden Ass (prompt on just Metamorphoses)