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Aristomenes is a traveler who has an unnamed traveling companion and who runs into Lucius on the road. Aristomenes tells one of the first stories-within-a-story in The Golden Ass, about an encounter with his friend Socrates and the witch Meroe. The story Aristomenes tells helps set the tone for the whole novel, and it introduces the major role that magic, witchcraft, and trickery will all play throughout.
Aristomenes (The Wayfarer) Quotes in The Golden Ass
The The Golden Ass quotes below are all either spoken by Aristomenes (The Wayfarer) or refer to Aristomenes (The Wayfarer). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 1
Quotes
First of all, I swear to you solemnly by this Sun above, a god who sees everything, that the story I’m telling is true—and I ought to know. To do away with any doubts you may still have, when you come to the nearest town, which is where these events took place—and they took place out in public—you’ll find them under general discussion.
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Aristomenes (The Wayfarer) Quotes in The Golden Ass
The The Golden Ass quotes below are all either spoken by Aristomenes (The Wayfarer) or refer to Aristomenes (The Wayfarer). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 1
Quotes
First of all, I swear to you solemnly by this Sun above, a god who sees everything, that the story I’m telling is true—and I ought to know. To do away with any doubts you may still have, when you come to the nearest town, which is where these events took place—and they took place out in public—you’ll find them under general discussion.
Related Characters:
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Explanation and Analysis:
