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Cupid and Psyche, Part IV: Somebody Get Me Some Wool

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Daniel Lavery
Oct 14, 2025
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Previously: Part I, marrying Amelia Bedelia. Part II, it was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished them well. Part III, Aphrodite gets out of the tub at last.

[From Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: Adlington version, Bulfinch version.]

Psyche sat amidst a puzzlement of grain, nursing a headache; these were the thanks for making Aphrodite a grandmother befor…

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