Kicking the Habit:the Significance of Consuetudo in interpreting the Fable of Cupid and Psyche

James, Paula (2001). Kicking the Habit:the Significance of Consuetudo in interpreting the Fable of Cupid and Psyche. Ramus, 30(2) pp. 152–168.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0048671x00001508

URL: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/arts/ramus/ramus.author....

Abstract

Looks at the way Apuleius uses abstract concepts as personifications in his novel METAMORPHOSES/ GOLDEN ASS and the function of them in relation to the myth of Cupid and Psyche as concepts.

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• Item Type
• Journal Item
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• 0048-671X
• Keywords
• abstractions; Amor; animism; Apuleius; Cupid; consuetudo; curiosity; habit; Lucretius; minor deities; Psyche; sexual passion; restraint; Sobrietas; Sollicitudo; Temperance; Tristities
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• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Classical Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• Paula James