The Metamorphoses of Apuleius
—which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus)[1]—is the only Ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.
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At the end of this humorous and profound picaresque novel, Appuleius meets The Queen of Heaven, Isis. He is initiated in her cult in a passage which describes this beautiful goddess. This is part of my rendition of that description, as a sketch, in preparation for painting.
Here is a beautiful reading of Book XI
