Margaret Spodnik
Apuleius, Metamorphoses Book 5.1.1
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- Translated by Left: W. Adlington, translated in 1566, was the reason for the introduction of Apuleius to England Right: A.S. Kline, translated in 2013, writes poetr
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For the embowings above were of Citron and Ivory , propped and undermined with pillars of gold , the walls covered and seeled with silver , divers sorts of beasts were graven and carved , that seemed to encounter with such as entered in .
Nam summa laquearia , citro et ebore curiose cavata , subeunt aureae columnae , parietes omnes argenteo caelamine conteguntur , bestiis et id genus pecudibus occurrentibus ob os introeuntium
There were coffered ceilings , exquisitely carved from ivory and citron-wood supported on golden pillars ; the walls were covered with relief-work in silver , wild beasts in savage herds met your gaze as you reached the doorway .