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Pamphile
Milo is a man living in Hypata, who is visited by the narrator Lucius. Milo’s wife is the witch Pamphile, who uses an ointment to turn into bird (the same ointment that will later turn Lucius into a donkey). As a host, Milo is not particularly generous and doesn’t offer Lucius many amenities. Later, his manor is robbed by bandits, and Lucius is blamed, although at that point Lucius is not arrested because he’s still in the form of a donkey.
Milo Quotes in The Golden Ass
The The Golden Ass quotes below are all either spoken by Milo or refer to Milo. 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
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My dinner had consisted entirely of my own reports, so I was weighed down by weariness, not food, as I returned to my bedroom and surrendered to the repose I yearned for.
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Book 2
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Well, I was a curious person. The moment I heard the word witchcraft, representing my lifelong aspiration, I shrugged off any need to play it safe with Pamphile.
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Book 4
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In a certain city there lived a king and queen who had daughters three in number and illustrious in beauty. Though the two born first were quite gratifying enough to look at, praise and publicity on a mortal scale were held to be adequate for them. But the youngest girl’s gorgeousness was so extraordinary, so remarkable that the poverty of human speech prevented any proper description or even encomium.
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Milo Quotes in The Golden Ass
The The Golden Ass quotes below are all either spoken by Milo or refer to Milo. 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
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My dinner had consisted entirely of my own reports, so I was weighed down by weariness, not food, as I returned to my bedroom and surrendered to the repose I yearned for.
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Book 2
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Well, I was a curious person. The moment I heard the word witchcraft, representing my lifelong aspiration, I shrugged off any need to play it safe with Pamphile.
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Book 4
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In a certain city there lived a king and queen who had daughters three in number and illustrious in beauty. Though the two born first were quite gratifying enough to look at, praise and publicity on a mortal scale were held to be adequate for them. But the youngest girl’s gorgeousness was so extraordinary, so remarkable that the poverty of human speech prevented any proper description or even encomium.
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