# Osiris — The Golden Ass character guide

> Osiris in The Golden Ass by Apuleius.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** great Osiris, the god Osiris

**First appearance:** 0062-book-xi

## Who they are

God who appears to Lucius in a vision after his initiation.

## In the story

### [Book XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_ass_se/chapters/book-xi)

The great god into whose mysteries Lucius is also initiated after his restoration.

### [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_ass_se/chapters/xlviii)

The god Osiris appears to Lucius in a vision, calling him to receive a new order of religion, and is associated with the priest Asinius Marcellus.

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