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Cupid and Psyche

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An exquisite episode in the Golden Ass of Apuleʹius. 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].)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cupid and Psyche
Cupid’s Golden Arrow
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