The Golden Ass (Machiavelli)

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L'asino (also called L'asino d'oro), in English The Golden Ass, is a satirical poem of eight chapters written by Niccolò Machiavelli in 1517. A modernized version of Apuleius' The Golden Ass (rather than a translation of it), it is written in terza rima. It also concerns the theme of metamorphosis, and contains autobiographical, grotesque, and allegorical episodes.