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Cupid and Psyche
By Craft, Marie & Craft, Kinuko
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68813-163-0
- Publisher
- New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1996
Gr 5-8 The late post-Hellenistic story of Cupid (Eros) and Psyche is more fairy tale than myth. It allegorically represents the maturing of the soul (psyche) under the influence of love (eros). Craft retells Apuleius's story (although Apuleius's name nowhere appears) with several minor and two significant changes. When Venus seeks revenge on the too-beautiful Psyche, she instructs her son to make the girl a slave (in various translations) to an "unworthy," "poor and abject," or "ugly and monstrous" love. Craft's charge...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
