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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.
Mythology Summary and Analysis of Cupid and Psyche. 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.
The following summary is condensed from the translation of Kenney (Cambridge University Press, 1990), and the revised translation of W. Adlington by S. Gaseless for the Loeb Classical Library (Harvard University Press, 1915), with reference to the accompanying Latin text.
24 Αυγ 2005 · They offer valuable parallels to Vergil’s epic (Venus as Apuleius’ angry Juno; Cupid as Apuleius’ Venus pleading with Jupiter), and Ovid’s own paradigmatic Metamorphoses, but fewer of them than one might expect for the other ancient novelists.
26 Νοε 2008 · This volume presents the embedded tale of “Cupid and Psyche” from Apuleius’ Golden Ass as an independent narrative, along with substantial addenda not included in Relihan’s earlier translation of the novel entire (reviewed for BMCR by James J. O’Donnell; see BMCR 2008.11.26): a summary of the ancient depictions of Cupid and Psyche in ...
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 might have in store for...
