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The Farmer
The landlord is a greedy figure in a story Lucius overhears who tries to kick a poor farmer off the land. The farmer’s three sons intervene, and though the landlord manages to kill two of the sons, he is himself killed by the third, showing that even money has its limits, particularly when someone is blinded by selfishness.
The Landlord Quotes in The Golden Ass
The The Golden Ass quotes below are all either spoken by The Landlord or refer to The Landlord. 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 9 Quotes
But the rich man’s mind was completely gone. He wasn’t the least bit intimidated, or even distracted, by the presence of so many fellow citizens.
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The Landlord Character Timeline in The Golden Ass
The timeline below shows where the character The Landlord appears in The Golden Ass. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 9
The bad omen is fulfilled when the farmer learns that a greedy landlord has sacked the land of a tenant who is friends with the farmer’s three sons,...
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...some friends and associates to help testify where the property border should be. But the landlord is mad with greed and doesn’t care. In fact, this only causes the landlord to...
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One of the farmer’s three sons says that the landlord shouldn’t be allowed to get away with acting like a one-man government just because he...
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The landlord unleashes his giant dogs to attack the crowds. Many are bitten and wounded. The farmer’s...
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One of the landlord’s enslaved men tries to attack the remaining brother from the three sons with a rock....
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The landlord is enraged and goes to strike. But he finds out that the brother from the...
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...hear about the deaths of his three sons that even the death of the oppressive landlord gives him no joy. He slits his own throat, just like his son did.
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