Www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Sistersmade sa crois que dans l'obscurité de l'nightshe a été de participer à certains monstre hideux, andaccordingly une fois, tandis que Cupidon était endormi, shedrew près de lui avec une lampe, et, d'heramazement, je vis le plus bel andlovely des dieux. Dans son excitation de joyand la peur, une goutte d'huile chaude est tombé de son lampupon son épaule. Il s'éveilla, whocensured Cupidon de sa méfiance, et s'est échappé.psychés bonheur avait disparu, et afterattempting en vain de jeter dans une rivière, elle errait à propos de temple à temple,enquête af

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www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . sistersmade her believe that in the darkness of nightshe was embracing some hideous monster, andaccordingly once, while Cupid was asleep, shedrew near to him with a lamp, and, to heramazement, beheld the most handsome andlovely of the gods. In her excitement of joyand fear, a drop of hot oil fell from her lampupon his shoulder. This awoke Cupid, whocensured her for her mistrust, and escaped.Psyches happiness was now gone, and afterattempting in vain to throw herself into a river, she wandered about from temple to temple, inquiring after her lover, and at length came tothe palace of Venus. There her real sufferingsbegan, for Venus retained her, treated her asa slave, and imposed upon her the hardest and PSYCHIUM PTOLEMAETJS 765 most humiliating labours. Psyche would haveperished under the weight of her sufferings, had not Cupid, who still loved her in secret, invisibly comforted and assisted her in hertoils. With his aid she at last succeeded inovercoming the jealousy and hatred of Venus :. Psyche. rFrom an ancient gem.) she became immortal, and was united to himfor ever. It is not difficult to recognise in thisbeautiful story the idea of which it is merely themythical embodiment; for Psyche is evidentlythe human soul, which is purified by passionsand misfortunes, and is thus prepared for theenjoyment of true and pure happiness. [Cf.Apuleits, p. 94, a.] In works of art Psyche isusually represented as a maiden with the wingsof a butterfly, but in the beautiful group ofEros and Psyche in the Capitol, both are re-presented without wings. Psychlum (Vvxiov), a town on the S. coast ofCrete (Ptol. iii. 17, 4). Psylli (VuAAoi), a Libyan people, the earliestknown inhabitants of the district of N. Africacalled Cyrenaica, who lived on the shores of theGreater Syrtis, W. of the Nasamones. Psyra [ra Vupd: Vvptos: Psara), a smallisland of the Aegaean sea, forty stadia (fourgeogr. miles) in circuit, lying fifty stadia (five

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