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The Golden Ass

11 chapters · complete text

Contents

The First Book
The Second Book
The Third Book
The Fourth Book
The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche — The Fifth Book
The Sixth Book
The Seventh Book
The Eighth Book
The Ninth Book
The Tenth Book
The Eleventh Book — The Isis Initiation

Begin reading — The First Book

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