“Psyche et Cupido” now available

✅ Latin text syn­chro­nized with audio (clas­si­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion, nar­ra­tor: Daniel Pet­ters­son)

✅ com­men­tary

One of the great trag­ic love sto­ries from antiq­ui­ty is that of Psy­che and Cupid. It comes down to us as a part of the 2nd cen­tu­ry nov­el the “Gold­en Ass” by Apuleius. We here present an adapt­ed ver­sion in a more acces­si­ble style suit­able for advanced learn­ers.

The sto­ry is about the fate of Psy­che, the youngest of three sis­ters whose extra­or­di­nary beau­ty caus­es peo­ple to wor­ship her like the god­dess Venus her­self. Venus becomes furi­ous at this rival­ry and sends her son Cupid to make Psy­che fall in love with some­one despi­ca­ble, but Cupid acci­den­tal­ly wounds him­self with his own arrow and falls in love with her instead. 💕

An ora­cle declares that Psy­che must be aban­doned on a moun­tain­top to mar­ry a mon­strous crea­ture. What fol­lows is a tale of love and decep­tion.

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