Download or read book The Tale of Cupid and Psyche written by Apuleius and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Cupid and Psyche a romance, a folktale, a Platonic allegory of the nature of the soul, a Jungian tale of individuation, or an archetypal dream? This volume provides Joel Relihan's lively translation of this best known section of Apuleius' Golden Ass, some useful and illustrative parallels, and an engaging discussion of what to make of this classic story.