CAS CL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: The Golden Ass, Aristomenes, Platonism
25 Jan 2016
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Born: mid 120"s in north africa (madaura africa) From a wealthy family; sent to athens. Fell ill, so friend nursed him back to health. Only does this, so apuleius can marry his rich mother. People are pissed because they wanted her money. Really a musician: the golden ass. Travels of lucius (1-3); as an ass (4-10); surprise ending (11: major themes. Being a gossip or wanting to know too much. Aristomenes finds socrates huddled on the side of the road. Meroe comes intot eh room and kills socrates. Takes a drink, sponge falls out of his neck, and it turns out he was truly dead: house of byrrhena. Milo: a rich man that lucius is staying with. Pamphile: milo"s wife who is a witch. House used as a way to describe the character. Under trial for murder (like the author) Never questions how they animated wine casks to fake this mugging.
