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Cupid and Psyche

Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus).[2] The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (/ˈsk/; Ancient Greek: Ψυχή, lit.'Soul' or 'Breath of Life', Greek pronunciation: [psyːkʰɛ̌ː]) and Cupid (Latin: Cupido, lit.'Desire', Latin pronunciation: [kʊˈpiːd̪oː]) or Amor (lit.'Love', Greek Eros, Ἔρως), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. Although the only extended narrative from antiquity is that of Apuleius from the 2nd century AD, Eros and Psyche appear in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC. The story's Neoplatonic elements and allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations,[3] and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale, Märchen or fairy tale, and myth.[4]

For other uses, see Cupid and Psyche (disambiguation).

The story of Cupid and Psyche was known to Boccaccio in c. 1370, but the editio princeps dates to 1469. Ever since, the reception of Cupid and Psyche in the classical tradition has been extensive. The story has been retold in poetry, drama, and opera, and depicted widely in painting, sculpture, and even wallpaper.[5] Though Psyche is usually referred to in Roman mythology by her Greek name, her Roman name through direct translation is Anima.

Psyche () by César Franck (1888)[78]

symphonic poem

by C. S. Lewis [79]

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

"Psyché:poème dramatique en trois actes," (play) by , Paris, Mercure de France, 1913. "Syrinx" was composed by Claude Debussy as incidental music for the play.[80]

Gabriel Mourey

Eros and Psyche (opera) with libretto by , composed by Ludomir Różycki (Wroclaw, Poland, 1917) [81]

Jerzy Żuławski

' 'Psyche: An Opera in Three Acts (opera) based on the novel Psyche by , composed by Meta Overman (1955) [82][83]

Louis Couperus

(play) by Mary Zimmerman, adapted from the classic Ovid poem Metamorphoses, including the myth of Eros and Psyche (Northwestern University, 1996; Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway, NYC 2002)

Metamorphoses

The Golden Ass (play) by , adapted from Apuleius, commissioned for Shakespeare's Globe (London, England 2002) [84]

Peter Oswald

Cupid and Psyche (musical) by with book and lyrics by Sean Hartley and music by Jihwan Kim (New York City, NY 2003).

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Cupid and Psyche () by Joseph Fisher (Stark Raving Theatre, Portland, OR 2002; Staged Reading: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 2002) [86]

verse drama

Amor & Psyche ( opera) arranged by Alan Dornak (Opera Feroce, part of Vertical Player Repertory, New York City, 2010)[87][88]

pastiche

Cupid and Psyche: An Internet Love Story (play) by Maria Hernandez, Emma Rosecan and Alexis Stickovitch (YouthPLAYS, 2012)

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Psyche: A Modern Rock Opera () by Cindy Shapiro (Greenway Court Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 2014) [90][91]

rock opera

Cupid and Psyche () by Emily C. A. Snyder (Turn to Flesh Productions [TTF], New York City, NY, 2014).[92] As part of the Love and Death Trilogy (Staged Reading, TTF, New York City, NY 2018) [93]

verse drama

Amor and Psyche (In Times of Plagues) () by VestAndPage (2020) [94]

Short film

"Amore e Psiche" () by Fabio Mengozzi (2023)[95]

electronic poem

Malcolm Bull, The Mirror of the Gods, How Renaissance Artists Rediscovered the Pagan Gods, pp. 342–343, Oxford UP, 2005,  978-0195219234

ISBN

Anita Callaway, Visual Ephemera: Theatrical Art in Nineteenth-Century Australia (University of New South Wales Press, 2000)

Harrison, Stephen (2006). . In Schmeling, Gareth L. (ed.). Authors, Authority and Interpreters in the Ancient Novel: Essays in Honor of Gareth L. Schmeling. Barkhuis. pp. 172–185. ISBN 978-90-77922-13-2.

"Divine Authority in 'Cupid and Psyche': Apuleius Metamorphoses 6,23–24"

(Texts of Cupid and Psyche and similar monster or beast as bridegroom tales, mostly of AT-425C form, with hyperlinked commentary).

Tales Similar to Beauty and the Beast

: PDF or read online

Robert Bridges' Eros and Psyche at archive.org

Mary Tighe, Psyche or, the Legend of Love (1820) or PDF

HTML

"Cupid and Psyche". A poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon from The Literary Souvenir, 1827.

Walter Pater

Gutenberg Project: Walter Pater, Marius the Epicurean, Vol. 1

Thomas Bulfinch

Folktexts: Cupid and Psyche

(Illustrated with painting and sculpture.)

Hermetic Philosophy: Cupid and Psyche

Cupid and Psyche: A New Play in Blank Verse

Turn to Flesh Productions