The fable of Cupid and Psyche, translated from the Latin of Apuleius: to which are added, a poetical paraphrase on the speech of Diotima, in the Banquet of Plato: four hymns, With an introduction

By Apuleius, Lucius Apuleius, Lucius Apuleius

Book Overview

Is Cupid and Psyche a romance, a folktale, a Platonic allegory of the nature of the soul, a Jungian tale of individuation, or an archetypal dream? This volume provides Joel Relihan's lively translation of this best known section of Apuleius' Golden Ass , some useful and illustrative parallels, and an engaging discussion of what to make of this classic story.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872209725
• ISBN13: 9780872209725
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 21.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

great intermediate latin text

This is an outstanding intermediate Latin text. The story is great, it has good notes, and there are exercize sentences in the back. It does not have a running vocabulary, like many of the Bolchazy books do, but of course there is a vocabulary in the back of the book.