Apuleius

Apuleius was born around 124 in Madauros, a Roman town in the province of Africa, in present-day Algeria. His father was a wealthy local official, and Apuleius studied at Carthage and then at Athens, where he learned Platonic philosophy, and he traveled widely. At Oea (present-day Tripoli) he married a wealthy widow, Pudentilla, and her relatives accused him of having won her by magic. He defended himself in court in a speech that survives as the Apology, and he was apparently acquitted. He later lived at Carthage as a famous public speaker and writer on Platonic philosophy. His best-known work is the Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, the only Latin novel to survive complete. It tells how a young man named Lucius is accidentally turned into a donkey and has many adventures before the goddess Isis restores him. It includes the story of Cupid and Psyche. The date of his death is unknown.

Apuleius is also an author in the library: author page and works.

Faith: Faith not well documented; his novel The Golden Ass ends with its hero's initiation into the cult of the goddess Isis. Source: Wikipedia