 Apuleius introduces his novel with the words "At ego tibi sermone isto Milesio varias fabulas conseram" ("But let me join together different stories in that Milesian style"), which suggests not each story is a Milesian tale, but rather the entire joined-together collection.The idea of the Milesian tale also served as a model for the episodic narratives strung together in Petronius's "Satyricon".The name "Milesian tale" originates from the "Milisiaka" of Aristides of Miletus (; fl.