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The Golden Ass

Ancient Roman novel by Apuleius
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The Golden Ass
Giovanni Andrea de Bussi (Johannes Andreas de Buxis) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Golden Ass

Summary

The Golden Ass is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,392 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Golden Ass authored Apuleius[3].
  • The Golden Ass's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Golden Ass's genre is picaresque novel[5].
  • The Golden Ass's Commons category is recorded as The Golden Ass[6].
  • The Golden Ass's language of work or name is recorded as Latin[7].
  • The Golden Ass's country of origin is recorded as Roman Empire[8].
  • 101 marks the founding of The Golden Ass[9].
  • The Golden Ass's has edition or translation is recorded as Les Métamorphoses[10].
  • The Golden Ass's has edition or translation is recorded as The Golden Ass of Apuleius[11].
  • The Golden Ass's has edition or translation is recorded as La metamorfosis o El asno de oro[12].
  • The Golden Ass's has edition or translation is recorded as L’Âne d’or ou les Métamorphoses[13].
  • The Golden Ass's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0502%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D21[14].
  • The Golden Ass's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • The Golden Ass's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Metamorphoseon'}[16].
  • The Golden Ass's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Asinus aureus'}[17].
  • The Golden Ass's different from is recorded as The Ass[18].
  • The Golden Ass's different from is recorded as Metamorphoses[19].
  • The Golden Ass's different from is recorded as Lucius or The Ass[20].
  • The Golden Ass's form of creative work is recorded as novel[21].
  • The Golden Ass's entry in abbreviations table is recorded as Apul. Met.[22].

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Authorship and Creation

The Golden Ass authored Apuleius[3].

Publication

The Golden Ass's language of work or name is recorded as Latin[7]. Its genre is picaresque novel[5].

Why It Matters

The Golden Ass ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,392 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Apuleius literary work Metamorphoses

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . perseus.tufts.edu. perseus.tufts.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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