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''Cupid and Psyche'' is a story originally from ''Metamorphoses'' (also called ''The Golden Ass''), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (, (ギリシア語:Ψυχή), "Soul" or "Breath of Life") and Cupid (Latin ''Cupido,'' "Desire") or Amor ("Love", Greek Eros ’′Ερως), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. Although the only extended narrative from antiquity is that of Apuleius, Eros and Psyche appear in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC. The story's Neoplatonic elements and allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations,〔Stephen Harrison, entry on "Cupid," ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome'' (Oxford University Press, 2010), p. 338.〕 and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale, ''Märchen'' or fairy tale, and myth.〔Hendrik Wagenvoort, "Cupid and Psyche," reprinted in ''Pietas: Selected Studies in Roman Religion'' (Brill, 1980), pp. 84–92 (online. )〕 Since the rediscovery of Apuleius's novel in the Renaissance, the reception of ''Cupid and Psyche'' in the classical tradition has been extensive. The story has been retold in poetry, drama, and opera, and depicted widely in painting, sculpture, and even wallpaper. 〔Harrison, "Cupid and Psyche," in ''Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome'', p. 339.〕 Psyche's Roman name through direct translation is Anima. ==In Apuleius== The tale of Cupid and Psyche (or "Eros and Psyche") is placed at the midpoint of Apuleius's novel, and occupies about a fifth of its total length.〔Harrison, "Cupid and Psyche," ''Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome,'' p. 338.〕 The novel itself is a first-person narrative by the protagonist Lucius. Transformed into a donkey by magic gone wrong, Lucius undergoes various trials and adventures, and finally regains human form by eating roses sacred to Isis. Psyche's story has some similarities, including the theme of dangerous curiosity, punishments and tests, and redemption through divine favor.〔Entry on "Apuleius," in ''The Classical Tradition'' (Harvard University Press, 2010), pp. 56–57.〕 As a structural mirror of the overarching plot, the tale is an example of ''mise en abyme''. It occurs within a complex narrative frame, with Lucius recounting the tale as it in turn was told by an old woman to Charite, a bride kidnapped by pirates on her wedding day and held captive in a cave.〔 The happy ending for Psyche is supposed to assuage Charite's fear of rape, in one of several instances of Apuleius's irony.〔E.J. Kenney, ''Apuleius: Cupid and Psyche'' (Cambridge University Press, 1990), pp. 22–23; Sophia Papaioannou, "Charite's Rape, Psyche on the Rock and the Parallel Function of Marriage in Apuleius' ''Metamorphoses''," ''Mnemosyne'' 51.3 (1998) 302–324.〕 Although the tale resists explication as a strict allegory of a particular Platonic argument, Apuleius drew generally on imagery such as the laborious ascent of the winged soul (''Phaedrus'' 248) and the union with the divine achieved by Soul through the agency of the ''daimon'' Love (''Symposium'' 212b).〔Jane Kingsley-Smith, ''Cupid in Early Modern Literature and Culture'' (Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 164.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cupid and Psyche」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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