Sagae Thessalae Background
Background on Sagae Thessale, sorry if there are any missing gs because that key is sticking on my computer.
- Created by: Gin
- Created on: 26-05-13 15:51
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- Sagae Thessalae Background
- Context
- Apuleius AD125 (Author)
- Accused of using magic to seduce his wealthy wife
- ***ociated with magic
- Well Educated, including in speech writing
- Section of The Golden ***
- Tale of Lucius, a young Greek who is curious about witchcraft leading him to Thessaly
- After this tale Lucius is turned into an *** by witches
- Lucius is being told this account by a guest at a dinner party, Thelyphron
- Thessaly
- Famous for witchcraft
- Region in Northern Greece
- Story set in Larissa
- Apuleius AD125 (Author)
- Characters
- Lucius
- Narrator of The Golden *** to whom the story is being told
- Thelyphron
- Narrator of this story, from Miletus
- senex 1
- Old man whom Thelyphron meets in the forum at Larissa and is looking for someone to guard the dead
- praetereuns
- bystander who tells Thelphron to be quiet and informs him about the witches
- matrona
- Young widow of Thelyphron
- senex 2
- Uncle of the dead man
- Zatchlas
- A famous Eygptian prophet
- sagae
- Thessalian witches
- Thelyphron
- A young man who has recently died and shares the same name as our narrator
- Lucius
- Context
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