Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cupid and Psyche

An exquisite episode in the Golden Ass of Apuleius. It is an allegory representing the progress of the soul to perfection. Mrs. Tighe has a poem on the same subject; and Molière a drama entitled Psyche. (See Morris, Earthly Paradise [May].)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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