Apuleius

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Apuleius was a 2nd-century Roman North African philosopher and writer best known for his Latin novel "Metamorphoses" (also called "The Golden Ass"), a key work of ancient prose fiction.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apuleius canonical 11
Lucius Apuleius 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-language writer ⓘ
Roman writer ⓘ
ancient Roman philosopher ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
accusedOf practicing magic ⓘ
activeInCentury 2nd century ⓘ
birthPlace Madaurus ⓘ
Numidia ⓘ
Roman North Africa ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
defendedHimselfIn Apologia ⓘ
educatedAt Athens ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Berber ⓘ
linked to: Berbers
floruit 2nd century ⓘ
fullName Lucius Apuleius ⓘ
linked to: Apuleius
genre ancient prose fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasWorkPart Cupid and Psyche tale ⓘ
influenced European prose fiction ⓘ
Latin literature ⓘ
knownFor The Golden Ass, a key work of ancient prose fiction ⓘ
writing the Latin novel Metamorphoses ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
movement Middle Platonism ⓘ
name Apuleius ⓘ
notableWork Apologia ⓘ
De Platone et eius dogmate ⓘ
De deo Socratis ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Metamorphoses ⓘ
The Golden Ass ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
orator ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
priest ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Platonism ⓘ
religion Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
workSubject Platonic philosophy ⓘ
magic ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
religion ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
wroteInLanguage Latin ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apuleius → name → Apuleius ⓘ
Apuleius → fullName → Lucius Apuleius ⓘ
linked to: Apuleius
Tale of the Miller and His Wife → author → Apuleius ⓘ
subject linked to: Tale of the miller and his wife
Tale of the Stepmother → author → Apuleius ⓘ
subject linked to: Tale of the stepmother
Tale of the Fullers → author → Apuleius ⓘ
subject linked to: Tale of the fullers
Psyche → appearsInWorkBy → Apuleius ⓘ