The Metamorphosis, also known as The Golden Ass, is one of the very few novels of the Ancient World that survived to our days. The story of the Metamorphosis is about a man who turned into a donkey that goes through many adventures to become a man again.

Considered one of the precursors of the picaresque novel, The Metamorphosis was written in a language that can be humorous and energetic, while telling the misadventures of the credulous and curious main character, but also powerfully poetic, in moments such as in the episode of Cupid and Psyche, one of the most famous parts of this book, and of Latin literature as a whole.