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The Widow
The pauper is a poor artisan who falls for the tricks of his unfaithful wife. The pauper’s wife manages to conceal a lover by having him hide inside a jar, and the pauper doesn’t realize what’s happening even after the pauper’s wife and her lover begin having sex on the jar while the pauper cleans it.
The Pauper Quotes in The Golden Ass
The The Golden Ass quotes below are all either spoken by The Pauper or refer to The Pauper. 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
At last, both tasks were completed, and the workman, beset by all misfortunes, had to carry the jar all the way to where the man who cuckolded him was staying.
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The Pauper Character Timeline in The Golden Ass
The timeline below shows where the character The Pauper appears in The Golden Ass. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 9
...Lucius and end up staying at a hostel where they hear a story about a pauper’s wife, who turns out to be unfaithful. Lucius recounts the story.
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In the story, there’s a pauper who is a poor artisan. The pauper’s wife has a reputation for sneaking out at...
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The lover comes out of the jar and pretends to be a buyer. The pauper’s wife makes her husband clean the jar while she and her lover have sex on...
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