The story of Cupid and Psyche is part of The Golden Ass or Metamorphoses, a Latin novel by Apuleius (second century A.D.). It is both a charming fairytale and an allegory of the search of the Soul for happiness and fulfillment. This edition, the first with a full commentary in English to appear for eighty years, comprises a Latin text with facing translation, making the edition more accessible to students of comparative literature. An introduction and a commentary provide help with interpretation and up-to-date guidance to scholarship in the field.
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- The Golden Ass (Penguin Classics) by Apuleius on 8 pages
- Cupid and Psyche (Penguin Epics) by Apuleius on 8 pages
- The Golden Ass (Dodo Press) by Lucius Apuleius on 8 pages
- The Golden Ass (Oxford World's Classics) by Apuleius on 8 pages
- Daphnis and Chloe (Penguin Classics) by Longus on 4 pages
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- Latin Fiction by Heinz Hofmann on page 137, and page 267
- Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths by Professor Mary Lefkowitz in Back Matter
- Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn from Myths by Professor Mary Lefkowitz in Back Matter
- Horace: Epodes (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) by Horace in Back Matter
- Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace by Tony Woodman in Back Matter
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