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In one work, a wife is forced to copulate with one of these animals after poisoning her husband and killing her sister. In that work, that one of these animals eats a crown of roses in order to turn back into a human. The story of Psyche and Cupid originates from that (-5[1])novel, (10[1])which is titled for one of these animals and is the only entirely surviving (10[1])Latin novel from antiquity. In one Aesop fable, one of these animals falls into a river (10[1])when a miller and his son (-5[1])try carrying it to market. (-5[1])The novel Metamorphoses, (-5[1])by Apuleius, concerns a man who is turned (-5[1])into a golden specimen (-5[1])of this animal. (10[1])For 10 points, name this stereotypically stubborn beast of burden. (0[1])■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: ass [or donkey; accept asinus]
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