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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.
The tale of Cupid and Psyche (or "Eros and Psyche") is placed at the midpoint of Apuleius's novel, and occupies about a fifth of its total length. [6] The novel itself is a first-person narrative by the protagonist Lucius.
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.
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.
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