The Golden Ass (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lucius Apuleius
- First Published: 1566
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: Early second century
- Setting: Greece
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction, Folklore
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Robbery or robbers, Storytelling, Witches or witchcraft, Greek or Roman times, Animals, Greece or Greek people, Donkeys
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Roman Empire, Realms of the gods
Characters Discussed
Lucius (LEW-shee-uhs), a traveler who is turned into an ass, in which form he has several adventures before becoming a man again.
Charites (KAY-rih-teez), a Greek lady abducted from her wedding by the thieves who stole Milo’s gold.
Lepolemus (leh-POH-leh-muhs), her resourceful husband. He joins the robbers who stole his wife, makes them drunk and chains them, rescues his wife, and causes the robbers to be killed.
Thrasillus (thrah-SIH-luhs), Lepolemus’ friend, in love with Charites, who blinds him with a pin while he is drunk.
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