![]() ![]() The elder two were lovely but the youngest, Psyche* was really beautiful and grew more and more beautiful as she grew up. Once upon a time, there lived a king and queen who had three daughters. ![]() He was tried before the proconsul and a court of magistrates in Sabratha, near Tripoli, Libya, where he delivered – and then published – a witty defence speech.Ĭlockwise from top left: Psyche (1909) by William Sergeant Kendall Psyche (1892) by Adolphe William Bougereau Psyche Honoured by the People (1692-1702) by Luca Giordano The Household Gods (1880) by John William Waterhouse. In 158AD he was accused of using magic to gain the attention and fortune of the rich widow he married. He studied Platonist philosophy in Athens and rhetoric in Rome, travelling extensively in Asia Minor and Egypt before settling in Alexandria. ![]() It relates the ludicrous adventures of one Lucius, who experiments with magic and is accidentally turned into a donkey.Ĭupid and Psyche Apuleius was born in Madaurus (now M’Daourouch) in Algeria in c.125AD. It is the only Latin novel that has survived in its entirety. The story of Cupid and Psyche comes from Apuleius’ novel Metamorphoses (aka The Golden Ass) written in the mid second century AD. ![]()
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