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The Rest Is HistoryJun 1, 2021
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“The Golden Ass is the only surviving Roman novel in its entirety, featuring the story of Sky Lucius who gets turned into an ass and later prays to Isis to be transformed back.”

Sentiment: Deep Dive
Trigger: Dionysus and Isis
For: Students of mythology and ancient literature
Key quote: “it's one of the very, very, I think maybe even the only one really that gives you a sense of kind of the ecstatic sense of identification that a worshipper of a god in the Roman period was capable of feeling.”
The host discusses the significance of Dionysus and Isis in ancient mythology, highlighting their narratives and cultural impact. 'The Golden Ass' is mentioned as a key text that provides insight into the ecstatic worship of Isis, contrasting with the more transactional nature of other cults.