• Sacred Untainted Love or Plain Myth? - On "Cupid and Psyche" by Lucius Apuleius

     

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Publicēts: 15.05.2006.
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The characters of the myth "Cupid and Psyche", humans and gods alike, reveal hysterical emotions and reactions towards their concerns, or wants. In other words, Rational reasoning often appears absent in the story line which, in my opinion, generates weakness and flaws in development of the relationship between the two leading characters.
From the tale, we learn that Psyche is a beautiful princess, so much so that the goddess Venus becomes exceedingly jealous.…

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