See also:

• PSYCHE (//vxi7)

PSYCHE (//vxi7)  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the personification of the human soul . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the love of See also:

• EROS

Eros (See also:

• CUPID (Cupido, " desire ")

Cupid) for See also:

• PSYCHE (//vxi7)

Psyche is a philosophical See also:

• ALLEGORY (iXXos, other, and ayopeuav, to speak)

allegory, founded upon the Platonic conception of the soul . In this connexion Psyche was represented in Greek and Graeco-See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ART

art as a See also:

• TENDER

tender See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden, with See also:

• BIRD

bird's or butterfly's wings, or simply as a butterfly . Sometimes she is pursued and tormented by Eros, sometimes she revenges herself upon him, sometimes she embraces him in fondest See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection . The See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale of Cupid and Psyche, in the Metamorphoses of See also:

• APULEIUS, LUCIUS

Apuleius, has nothing in See also:

• COMMON

common with this conception but the name . In it Psyche, the youngest daughter of a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, arouses the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of See also:

• VENUS

Venus, who orders Cupid to inspire her with love for the most despicable of men . Cupid, however, falls in love with her himself, and carries her off to a secluded spot, where he visits her by See also:

• NIGHT

night, unseen and unrecognized by her . Persuaded by her sisters that her See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion is a hideous See also:

• MONSTER (Lat. monstrum, from root of monere, to warn; i.e. something terrible or portentous)
• MONSTER, GEORG, COUNT ZU (1776-1844)

monster, and forgetful of his warning, she See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights a See also:

• LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

lamp to look upon him while he is asleep; in her See also:

• ECSTASY (Gr. iarra(TLc, from i LarliU, put out of its place, alter)

ecstasy at his beauty she lets fall a drop of burning oil upon the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of Cupid, who awakes and disappears . Wandering over the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of him, Psyche falls into the hands of Venus, who forces her to undertake the most difficult tasks . The last and most dangerous of these is to fetch from the See also:

• WORLD

world below the See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box containing the ointment of beauty . She secures the box, but on her way back opens it and is stupefied by the vapour . She is only restored to her senses by contact with the arrow of Cupid, at whose entreaty See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter makes her immortal and bestows her in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage upon her See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover .

The meaning of the allegory is obvious . Psyche, as the personification of the soul, is only permitted to enjoy her happiness so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as she abstains from See also:

• ILL

ill-advised curiosity . The See also:

• DESIRE

desire to pry into its nature brings suffering upon her; but in the end, purified by what she has undergone, she is restored to her former See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of See also:

• BLISS, CORNELIUS NEWTON (1833– )

bliss by the mighty See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of love . On this story see L . Friedlander, " Ueber das Marchen von Amor and Psyche " (in Darstellungen aus der Sittengeschichte Rams, 1888, vol. i.; for a treatment of the Greek conception, see E . Rohde, Psyche, 1894) . For Psyche in art see A . Conze, De Psyches imaginibus quibusdam (1855); Max Collignon, Essai sur See also:

• LES

les monuments grecs et romains relatifs au mythe de Psyche (1877) .