by Apuleius · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474852288
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«Las metamorfosis, o, El asno de oro» is the novel by Lucius Apuleius, published by Universidad de Deusto in paperback (489 pages, in Latin and Spanish).
A second-century Latin novel in which a man is transformed into a donkey and, from then on, episodes of classical mythology, fantastic elements and humour follow. Also known as «El asno de oro», it blends satire with fiction from Ancient Rome.
With a literary study, translation and notes by Santiago Segura Munguía. Edition published in Bilbao in 1992; original title: «Metamorphoseon libri XI (Asinus aureus)».
For readers interested in Roman classics, mythology and stories with humour and fantasy.
Apuleius, also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis, was a Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He was born in the Roman province of Numidia, in the Berber city of Madauros, modern-day M'Daourouch, Algeria. He studied Platonism in Athens, travelled to Italy, Asia Minor, and Egypt, and was an initiate in several cults or mysteries. The most famous incident in his life was when he was accused of using magic to gain the attentions of a wealthy widow. He declaimed his own defense before the proconsul and a court of magistrates convened in Sabratha, near Oea. This speech, which Apuleius subsequently published, is known as the Apologia.
