Contrasting the comic plot of the novel are depictions of the death of Socrates as well as the disfigurement of Thelyphron.
An opera version of this work was composed by Randolph Peters, with the libretto by the Canadian author Robertson Davies.  Its most famous subsection is included in its entirety in Walter Pater's Marius the Epicurean. The author's dislike of Christians is revealed in his depiction of the cruel baker's wife in Book 9.  Contrasting the comic plot of the novel are depictions of the death of Socrates as well as the disfigurement of Thelyphron. Containing the story of Cupid and and Psyche, the work focus on Lucius' transformation into the title animal by drinking Pamphila's potion.  FTP, name this work, also called The Metamorphoses, the most famed work of Apuleius [a-PEW-lee-us].
An opera version of this work was composed by Randolph Peters, with the libretto by the Canadian author Robertson Davies.  
The Golden Ass (accept early buzz of Metamorphoses)