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- Psyche
- A young woman who loved & was loved by Cupid & was united w/ him after Venus's jealousy was overcome. She subsequently became the personification of the soul.
- Psyche Definition
- 1.The spirit or soul 2.Psychiatry. The mind functionaing as the center of thought, emotion, & behavior & consciously adjusting or mediating the body's responses to the social or physical environment.
- Cupid
- God of love in all its manifestations. He was the oldest of the gods, born from CHAOS but personifying harmony. In most stories, he was son of Venus & Mars. Was represented as a winged youth armend with bow & arrows.
- ISIS
- Fertility goddess of ancient Egypt: wife & sister of the god Osiris: cult of her worship ^ during Hellenistic period until 4th century AD. She is "The mother of All Things" & "Queen of Heaven" Isis appealed to people she represented cosmic order & protection against the power of Fortune.
- FORTUNE
- Goddess who was widely worshipped by the 3rd century BC. She was universally sovereign over mortals & immortals alike. She was capricious & ambiguous; She has double nature, positive & negative. She is a feminine personification in the process of transformation.
- Metaphor of Battle/Love
- Invisibility- love is intangible, Tricky
- Golden Ass
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By: Apuleius
Nature of storytelling-used in text. Language is unyielding. Reflection of Rome's decline. Stretched too far. - Golden Ass Reflection of Rome's Decline
- Bad things happen, Robbery, wives killing husbands, lawlessness, immortality, Priests/Fraud, Infidelity
- Nature of Storytelling
- Narrative, told to organize events, Episodic narrative. We tell stories of days event, story format to put it in order and make sense.
- Lucius as Everyman
- Represents ideas, upper class & his desire to learn about magic at first, curious human nature, Mental trans- formation to normal man, humble, suffers emotionally/physicallly, basic fears.
- Characterisitics
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Lucius-upper class to middle class
Charite-Only woman wasn't adultress
Thepolemus-Charite(charity's) Husband
Osiris-God brother of Isis
Photis-Witch that turns him into ass - World beyond Rome & Advent of Christiantiy
- Christianity takes over Western Culture Christianity different from Hebrew. Strict, sacrifice for diff. sins, sufferering(spiritual /physical). Jews more about community than individual. Monotheism.
- Christianity Cultural Context
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Alienation within Roman Empire.
Universalism in philosophy.
Various sect of Judism: Sadduces, Pharisees, Essenes, Zealots - Saddices
- Most conservative, stric interpretation of mosaic law, wealthy, most influential. Don't believe in resurrection. God deals ...
- Pharisees
- Most liberal, life after death.
- Zealots
- Most rebellious, defended temple until defeated.
- Calligraphy
- Beauty serves wholly religious purpose by making words beautiful. Clearly defined technique. Sculpted form.