In its eleventh and ✴nal book, Lucius joins the cult of Isis, which allows him to become human again.
In a story from this text, a baker kills the lover of a fuller's wife by forcing him into a cage covered in sulfur-soaked clothes. During a mock trial staged in a theater, the protagonist of this text learns that three men whom he killed were actually blown-up wineskins; that episode is referenced in "The Curious Impertinent" from Don Quixote, which likely took its use of inset tales from this text, whose own insets include "Tale of the Murderous Wife" and Aristomenes's story of Socrates's heart being replaced by a sponge. Robert Graves made a 1950 translation of this text. The earliest account of the Cupid and Psyche myth is found in this text. In its eleventh and ✴nal book, Lucius joins the cult of Isis, which allows him to become human again. For 10 points, name this Roman novel by Apuleius (a-poo-LAY-us).
In a story from this text, a baker kills the lover of a fuller's wife by forcing him into a cage covered in sulfur-soaked clothes.
The Golden Ass [or Asinus aureus; accept The Transformations of Lucius or similar translations; accept answers mentioning Metamorphoses and Apuleius; do not accept or prompt on just "Metamorphoses"]