The Golden Asse

Apuleius · c. 160 CE (composition of the Metamorphoses/The Golden Ass) primary

passage 17 of 156 · (17/126)

in brief

Apuleius refuses Milo’s supper due to exhaustion, Milo forces him to answer questions about home and magistrates, and Apuleius returns to his chamber to sleep rather than eat.

being compelled by sleepe and not by meat, and having supped only with talke, I returned into my chamber, and there betooke me to my quiet and long desired rest.

THE SECOND BOOKE

THE EIGHTH CHAPTER

How Apuleius fortuned to meet with his Cousin Byrrhena.

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topics: duty, conscience, and obligation · forms of government · hospitality and the guest

The Golden Asse · Apuleius · 160–180