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Psyche Honoured by the People (1692–1702) from a series of 12 scenes from the story by Luca Giordano. 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.
Eros and Psyche is a narrative poem with strong romantic and tragic themes: first published in 1885 by Robert Bridges. Bridges was licensed as a physician in England until 1882 when he was forced to retire due to a lung disease.
Psyche et L'Amour (1889) by William Bouguereau. The story of Eros and Psyche has a longstanding tradition as a folktale of the ancient Greco-Roman world long before it was committed to literature in Apuleius' Latin novel, The Golden Ass. The novel itself is written in a picaresque Roman style, yet Psyche retains her Greek name even though Eros ...
"Love in Color" by Bolu Babalola is a collection of works that features a story about Psyche and Eros. "The Fable Of The Goddess Psyche And Cupid" by Lucius Apuleius translated by T. Taylor 2023. "Till We Have Faces" by C.S. Lewis is not focused on Psyche but instead her sister Orual, giving a different view point of Psyche in myth.
The story of Cupid and Psyche appears in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC, but the most extended literary source of the tale is the Latin novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, by Apuleius (2nd century AD). It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche ("Soul" or "Breath of Life") and Cupid, and their ...
The elderly woman finishes telling the story of Cupid and Psyche, as Psyche is forced to perform various tasks for Venus (including an errand to the underworld) with the help of Cupid and an assortment of friendly creatures, and is finally reunited with her husband. Then Jupiter transforms Psyche into a goddess. That is the end of the tale.
Eros and Psyche: A Narrative Poem in Twelve Measures (1885; 1894), a story from the Latin of Apuleius; Shorter Poems, Books I–IV (1890) Shorter Poems, Books I–V (1894) New Poems (1899) Demeter: A Mask (1905), performed in 1904 at the opening of the Somerville College Library
Articles relating to Cupid and Psyche, a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd century AD by Apuleius.The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche and Cupid (also known as Eros), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage.