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Also known as Lucius Apuleius

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Apuleius was a male writer, philosopher, novelist, and poet from the Roman Empire. He was a member of the Appuleia gens and held citizenship in Ancient Rome. His primary fields of work were philosophy and rhetoric, and he was associated with the Middle Platonism movement. He wrote in Latin and worked in Carthage.

His notable work is The Golden Ass. Other works attributed to him include Opera quae supersunt, Fabulæ divales, and Lucii Apulei Metamorphoseon libri XI. His writings are described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. Some of his works are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.

Apuleius was born in Madauros and died in Roman Carthage in the year 170.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
29

Top works

  • Opera quae supersunt
  • Fabulæ divales, ex narratione Anglica
  • Min en Magie
  • Lucii Apulei Metamorphoseon libri XI
  • L. Apvlegio

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Key facts

Philosopher.name
Apuleius
Philosopher.image
Apuleuis.jpg
Philosopher.caption
Late antique ceiling painting , possibly of Apuleius but also possibly of Lactantius
Philosopher.notable_works
The Golden Ass
Philosopher.birth_place
Madaurus, Numidia
Philosopher.occupation
Novelist, writer, public speaker
Philosopher.school_tradition
Middle Platonism

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ancient Rome
Place of birth
Madauros
Place of death
Roman Carthage
Occupation
orator
Languages spoken
Latin
Image
Apuleuis.jpg
Work location
Carthage
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Commons category
Apuleius
topic's main category
Category:Apuleius
date of birth
0200-00-00
date of death
0170-00-00
Commons Creator page
Apuleius
time period
Roman Empire
different from
Pseudo-Apuleius
has works in the collection
National Gallery of Victoria
writing language
Latin
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WikiProject Mathematics
Sources (5)

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to آپولیوس, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Gallery (97)