Cupid and Psyche

The tale of Cupid and Psyche first appeared as a digressionary story told by an old woman in Lucius Apuleius' novel, The Golden Ass, written in the second century CE. Apuleius probably used an earlier folk-tale as the basis for his story, modifying it to suit the thematic needs of his novel. Read on its own, it is for the most part a mixture of straightforward fairy tale and parody.

Related Topics:
Lucius Apuleius - Novel - The Golden Ass - Second century - Folk-tale - Fairy tale - Parody

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(Note:Divine names have Latin forms rather than Greek forms because Apuleius wrote in Latin.)

Related Topics:
Latin - Greek

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