Metamorphoses by Apuleius

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Latin novel ancient Roman novel prose fiction

Metamorphoses by Apuleius is a 2nd-century Latin novel, also known as The Golden Ass, that follows the adventures and eventual spiritual redemption of its protagonist Lucius, culminating in his initiation into the mysteries of the goddess Isis.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Metamorphoses by Apuleius canonical 5
Apuleius’ Metamorphoses 1
Metamorphoses 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin novel ⓘ
ancient Roman novel ⓘ
prose fiction ⓘ
adaptationOf Greek ass-story tradition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
surface form: The Golden Ass
author Apuleius ⓘ
basedOn lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae ⓘ
climacticEvent initiation of Lucius into the cult of Isis ⓘ
containsStory Amore e Psiche ⓘ
surface form: Cupid and Psyche

Tale of the bandits and Charite ⓘ
Tale of the fullers ⓘ
Tale of the miller and his wife ⓘ
Tale of the priest of the Syrian goddess ⓘ
Tale of the stepmother ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire ⓘ
dateWritten 2nd century ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
picaresque novel ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ
influenced Don Quixote ⓘ
European picaresque tradition ⓘ
The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
The Decameron ⓘ
The Satyricon reception ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryDevice allegory of spiritual rebirth ⓘ
story-within-a-story ⓘ
literaryForm Milesian tales framework ⓘ
literaryPeriod Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Lucius ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
numberOfBooks 11 ⓘ
originalTitle Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Metamorphoseon libri XI
placeInApuleiusCorpus major work ⓘ
plotElement transformation of Lucius into a donkey ⓘ
wanderings and sufferings of Lucius as a donkey ⓘ
religionFeatured Isis ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
religiousElement Isis mysteries ⓘ
setting Roman provinces in Greece ⓘ
survivalStatus only extant complete Latin novel from antiquity ⓘ
theme curiosity and its consequences ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
magic and witchcraft ⓘ
metamorphosis ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
salvation and redemption ⓘ
satire of Roman society ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isis → textualSource → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
Metamorphoses by Apuleius → alsoKnownAs → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Golden Ass
Apuleius → notableWork → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses
Apuleius → knownFor → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Golden Ass, a key work of ancient prose fiction
Tale of the stepmother → workIn → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
subject surface form: Tale of the Stepmother
this entity surface form: Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass)
Tale of the fullers → embeddedIn → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
subject surface form: Tale of the Fullers
this entity surface form: Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae → influenceOn → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
subject surface form: Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae
lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae → principalModelFor → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
subject surface form: Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae
lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae → sharesProtagonistWith → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
subject surface form: Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae
lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae → sharesTitleWith → Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
subject surface form: Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae