#bibliotecaafectivă

Toată lumea a citit, probabil, Măgarul de aur al lui Apuleius din Madaura, un prozator latin care a trăit (datele sînt aproximative, desigur) între anii 124 și 170. Este vorba de un roman picaresc, foarte amuzant, al cărui protagonist se numește Lucius, ca și autorul cărții (Luciu

Whenever someone says Don Quixote was the first novel ever written, one-up them with this one. Same if they claim Tale of Genji was first. Other novels, poems, and fragments might claim to be the first, but none are so convincing a contender as The Golden Ass. Supposedly, other Roman novels existed

“Eccomi a raccontarti, o lettore, storie d’ogni genere, sul tipo di quelle milesie e a stuzzicarti le orecchie con ammiccanti parole, solo che tu vorrai posare lo sguardo su queste pagine scritte con un’arguzia tutta alessandrina.
E avrai di che sbalordire sentendomi dire di uomini che han preso a

If you remember the old toga movies from the '50's--the ones where all the Romans are played by Brits and all the Jews and Christians by Americans--then I am sure you also remember those orgiastic banquet sequences crammed with sweaty wrestlers, kinky dancers, amphora after amphora overflowing with

Lucius ( loosely based on the author ) is a very curious young man, interested in black magic, witchcraft, potions and spells, that can cause real damage , even mystery cults, being the mid second century , during the Roman Empire, in ancient Greece, people believe in the supernatural...A traveler v