The Golden Ass: Book 2 story
Lucius seeks to learn about witchcraft, making love to his host's servant girl Photis in the process.
21 total · 5 major · 16 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| black magic | major | Lucius was very excited to learn about magic and witchcraft. |
| infatuation | major | Lucius was mooning over Photis as she stirred a pot in a most seductive manner, and later spent a night making passionate love to her. |
| the thirst for knowledge | major | Lucius was so excited to learn about magic he almost threw caution to the winds. |
| witch | major | Byrrhena described Pamphile as a wicked witch. Thelyphron's story contained wicked witches trying to rob a corpse of its appendages. |
| witchcraft | major | Lucius was all ears when Byrrhena described Pamphile as a witch. Thelyphron's story contained wicked witches trying to rob a corpse of its appendages. |
| astrology | minor | Lucius spoke of a Chaldean astrologer that he's encountered in Corinth who predicted such things as which days on which were good to marry, engage in business, and set out on a journey. |
| aunt and nephew | minor | Lucius supped with his aunt Byrrhena and her various guests. |
| coping with being disfigured | minor | Thelyphron kept to himself in a corner at Byrrhena's banquet, ashamed that he was without a nose and ears. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Thelyphron was hired by a grieving widow to watch over her late husband's corpse. |
| extramarital affair | minor | It turned out that the grieving widow from Thelyphron's story had poisoned her husband so that she could be with her lover. |