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Confused and conflicted, Psyche turns on a lamp one night as her husband lies next to her. When she sees the beautiful Cupid asleep on her bed, she weeps for her lack of faith. Cupid awakens and deserts her because Love cannot live where there is no trust.
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Questions & Answers. Analysis. Summary. PDF Cite. Psyche, daughter of a Greek king, is as beautiful as Venus and sought after by many princes. Her father, seeking to know what fate the gods...
But what is the meaning of the tale of Eros and Psyche? The story of Cupid and Psyche appears to harbour some deeper significance: after all, it is about the soul (Psyche) joining with love (Eros) but only on the condition that the soul does not see love face-to-face.
“Cupid and Psyche” is a story from the ancient Roman novel The Metamorphoses (also known as The Golden Ass) by Apuleius, written around 160 CE. The story describes the love between Cupid, the god of love, and Psyche (pronounced SY-kee), a young woman, and the trials they undergo as the result of human and divine meddling.
allegorical meaning as eating the forbidden fruit. The story's general allegorical theme recalls the fundamental ethical distinction between carnal-mindedness and spiritual-mindedness in the New Testament (e.g., Romans 8:6–7). As a story of love between a soul and a divine being, Cupid and Psyche has elements incommon with the Song of Songs.
The aim of this book is to make the story of “Cupid and Psyche” from Apu-leius’ The Golden Ass accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Latin. The running vocabulary and grammatical commentary are meant to provide everything necessary to read.
A full understanding of the tale and the myth of Cupid and Psyche will entail a longitudinal analysis capable of providing a summary and compendium of the various meanings of the two symbolic figures.
