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A stunningly beautiful girl, Psyche, is born after two older sisters. People throughout the land worship her beauty so deeply that they forget about the goddess Venus. Venus becomes angry that her temples are falling to ruin, so she plots to ruin Psyche.
Summary: Chapter I — Cupid and Psyche. Hamilton draws this story from the Latin writer Apuleius, who, like Ovid, was interested in creating beautiful, entertaining tales—a style that could not be further from Hesiod’s pious, fearsome creation stories.
Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). [2] The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k iː /; Ancient Greek: Ψυχή, lit.
The story of Cupid and Psyche is told within Apuleius's Metamorphoses (commonly referred to as The Golden Ass). It is derived from a classical Greek myth. The myth details the story of Psyche,...
When Psyche awakens the next morning, her lover is gone, but he left behind a gold ring and placed a circlet on her head. For a time Psyche lives happily in the golden palace, visited each night...
The famous tale of Cupid and Psyche from Apuleius's The Golden Ass, translated and edited by John Shinners, with notes and illustrations by Brittany Blagburn and Jessalynn Bird.
