Cupid and Psyche

Author: Apuleius, 125-180 AD; Bulfinch, 1796-1867
Genre: Mythology, 2nd century
Reading Time for Text: Apuleius, 1 hour; Bulfinch, 25 min
Audio (Bulfinch): 25 minutes

This page includes the audio, background, and a link to the text for the classic love story of Cupid and Psyche.

Audio:

This audio link from ListenToGenius.com is from Bulfinch’s Mythology (1881): Cupid and Psyche

Background:

The oldest known version of the classic love story of Cupid and Psyche is found in a book called Metamorphoses (also known as The Golden Ass). Written by a lecturer and philosopher by the name of Apuleius in the second century, the book is a fictional narrative about a Greek man named Lucius. Because of his curiosity about magic, Lucius manages to get himself transformed into an ass. During his travails, Lucius overhears a number of tales, one of which is that of Cupid and Psyche.

This famous story is also told by Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867) in his famous book Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable.

Text:

Visit Sacred Texts to find the original story of Cupid and Psyche in full.

Visit Bartleby.com for the Bulfinch version of Cupid and Psyche.

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