The Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel, the only completely preserved fictional work in Latin. It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination with sex and magic lead to his transformation into an ass. After a series of trials and humiliations, he is eventually restored to human form through the kindness of the goddess Isis. This new translation is both faithful to the Latin and capable of conveying the entire exuberant joy of the original.