Apuleius

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Latin-language writer Roman writer ancient Roman philosopher novelist person philosopher

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Apuleius canonical	10
Lucius Apuleius	1

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	Berbers ⓘ surface form: Berber
floruit	2nd century ⓘ
fullName	Apuleius self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lucius Apuleius
genre	ancient prose fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasWorkPart	myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ surface form: Cupid and Psyche tale
influenced	European prose fiction ⓘ Latin literature ⓘ
knownFor	Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ surface form: The Golden Ass, a key work of ancient prose fiction writing the Latin novel Metamorphoses ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
movement	Middle Platonism ⓘ
name	Apuleius self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Apologia ⓘ De Platone et eius dogmate ⓘ De deo Socratis ⓘ Florida ⓘ Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Metamorphoses by Apuleius → author → Apuleius ⓘ

Roman North Africa → hasNotableFigure → Apuleius ⓘ

Romanized North Africans → producedFigure → Apuleius ⓘ

Apuleius → name → Apuleius self-link ⓘ

Apuleius → fullName → Apuleius self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucius Apuleius

Tale of the miller and his wife → author → Apuleius ⓘ

subject surface form: Tale of the Miller and His Wife

Tale of the bandits and Charite → author → Apuleius ⓘ

Tale of the stepmother → author → Apuleius ⓘ

subject surface form: Tale of the Stepmother

Tale of the fullers → author → Apuleius ⓘ

subject surface form: Tale of the Fullers

Aristides of Miletus → influenced → Apuleius ⓘ

Psyche → appearsInWorkBy → Apuleius ⓘ