Project Gutenberg 2016-09-26 Public domain in the USA. 81 Apuleius Apuleius, Lucius Apuleius Platonicus Madaurensis Rein, Edvard Psyche et Cupido. Finnish Amor ja Psyke E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen "Amor ja Psyke" by Apuleius is a novel that was likely written in the late antique period. This work intertwines elements of mythology and allegory and centers around the love story of its main characters, Amor (Cupid) and Psyke, exploring themes of beauty, jealousy, and the trials of love. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Psyke, a remarkably beautiful princess, whose beauty incites the ire of the goddess Venus, who feels overshadowed. To take revenge, Venus commands her son Cupid to make Psyke fall in love with a lowly creature. Meanwhile, Psyke's parents, troubled by the oracle's prophecy of her fate, prepare for her to be sacrificed to a monster. However, Psyke's fate takes a turn when she is whisked away to a magical palace where she is cared for by unseen spirits and visits with her husband, whom she cannot see. This rich tapestry of events and emotions sets in motion the challenges that the couple must face, symbolizing the trials inherent in love and desire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 26.0 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. fi Psyche (Greek deity) -- Fiction Eros (Greek deity) -- Fiction PA Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 138363 2025-06-24T00:13:37.595746 text/html 138180 138113 2024-10-22T06:53:44.616294 2023-09-23T05:10:56.470937 text/html text/html 119528 2025-06-24T00:13:51.754685 application/epub+zip 120260 2025-06-24T00:13:44.911680 application/epub+zip 120260 2025-06-24T00:13:39.963735 application/epub+zip 205624 2025-06-24T00:13:57.911671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194261 2025-06-24T00:13:51.071724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166565 2022-09-24T05:59:51.862795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126389 2025-06-24T00:13:37.213772 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106657 2024-10-23T01:10:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11575 2025-06-24T00:13:58.051635 application/rdf+xml 10207 2025-06-24T00:13:44.298708 image/jpeg 2813 2025-06-24T00:13:44.027715 image/jpeg 117735 2025-06-24T00:13:37.609768 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia