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[2] Sed cum pr\u012bmum l\u016bminis obl\u0101ti\u014dne tor\u012b s\u0113cr\u0113ta cl\u0101ru\u0113runt, videt omnium fer\u0101rum m\u012btissimam dulcissimamque b\u0113stiam, ipsum illum Cup\u012bdinem form\u014dnsum deum form\u014dns\u0113 cubantem, cuius aspect\u016b lucernae quoque l\u016bmen hilar\u0101tum incr\u0113bruit et ac\u016bminis sacrileg\u012b nov\u0101culam paenit\u0113bat. [3] At v\u0113r\u014d Ps\u0233ch\u0113 tant\u014d aspect\u016b d\u0113territa et impos anim\u012b marcid\u014d pall\u014dre d\u0113fecta trem\u0113nsque d\u0113s\u0113dit in \u012bm\u014ds poplit\u0113s et ferrum quaerit abscondere, sed in su\u014d pectore; [4] quod profect\u014d f\u0113cisset, nisi ferrum tim\u014dre tant\u012b fl\u0101giti\u012b manibus temer\u0101ri\u012bs d\u0113l\u0101psum \u0113vol\u0101sset. Iamque lassa, sal\u016bte d\u0113fecta, dum saepius d\u012bv\u012bn\u012b vult\u016bs intu\u0113tur pulchrit\u016bdinem, recre\u0101tur anim\u012b. [5] Videt capitis aure\u012b geni\u0101lem caesariem ambrosi\u0101 t\u0113mulentam, cerv\u012bc\u0113s lacte\u0101s gen\u0101sque purpure\u0101s pererrant\u0113s cr\u012bnium glob\u014ds decoriter imped\u012bt\u014ds, ali\u014ds antependul\u014ds, ali\u014ds retropendul\u014ds, qu\u014drum splend\u014dre nimi\u014d fulgurante iam et ipsum l\u016bmen lucernae vacill\u0101bat; [6] per umer\u014ds vol\u0101tilis de\u012b pinnae r\u014dscidae micant\u012b fl\u014dre candicant et quamv\u012bs \u0101l\u012bs qui\u0113scentibus extimae pl\u016bmulae tenellae ac d\u0113lic\u0101tae tremul\u0113 resultant\u0113s inqui\u0113ta lasc\u012bviunt; [7] c\u0113terum corpus glabellum atque l\u016bculentum et qu\u0101le peperisse Venerem n\u014dn paenit\u0113ret. Ante lectul\u012b ped\u0113s iac\u0113bat arcus et pharetra et sagittae, magn\u012b de\u012b propitia t\u0113la.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2931_6a052b-8a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-holder wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-horizontal-holder-mobile wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-horizontal-holder-tablet\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-holder horizontal-tab-width-mobile horizontal-tab-width-tablet\">\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"tablist\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tabs-title wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tabs-title-mobile-horizontal-tab wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tabs-title-tablet-horizontal-tab\" style=\"justify-content: flex-start; \"><div role=\"tab\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-tab-0\" aria-controls=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-panel-0\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title-wrap\" style=\"--ub-tabbed-active-title-color: inherit; --ub-tabbed-active-title-background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: left; \" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title\">Notes<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div role=\"tab\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-tab-1\" aria-controls=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-panel-1\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title-wrap\" style=\"--ub-tabbed-active-title-color: inherit; --ub-tabbed-active-title-background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: left; \" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title\">Vocabulary<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div role=\"tab\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-tab-2\" aria-controls=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-panel-2\" aria-selected=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title-wrap active\" style=\"--ub-tabbed-title-background-color: #eeeeee; --ub-tabbed-active-title-color: inherit; --ub-tabbed-active-title-background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: left; \" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-title\">Media<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tabs-content\" style=\"\"><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-panel-0\" aria-labelledby=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-tab-0\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><em><em>As she prepares to kill her husband, Psyche sees him for the first time. He is not at all what she expected! This scene both recalls and contrasts with earlier moments when Actaeon (2.4) and Lucius (3.21) witness something supernatural that they should not have seen.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>f\u0101t\u012b\u2026saeviti\u0101<\/strong>: Just as Cupid warned (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-2\/\">5.2.2<\/a>), hostile Fortune\/Fate is pushing Psyche toward self-destructive action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sexum\u2026m\u016bt\u0101tur<\/strong>: Take<em> m\u016bt\u0101tur<\/em> as either middle (\u201cchanges her sex\u201d) or passive, with <em>sexum <\/em>as acc. of respect (\u201cis changed with respect to her sex\u201d). For other examples of women transcending gender out of <em>audacia<\/em>, see 6.27 (the old woman, <em>capta super sexum et aetaem audacia<\/em>) &amp; 8.11 (Charite, <em>masculis animis<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>obl\u0101tione<\/strong>: here used in etymological sense, \u201cby the holding forward (of).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>cuius aspect\u016b<\/strong>: <em>cuius<\/em> is objective genitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>hilar\u0101tum incr\u0113bruit<\/strong>: \u201cgrew cheerful,\u201d \u201cflared up cheerfully\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ac\u016bminis sacrileg\u012b nov\u0101culam paenit\u0113bat<\/strong>: (acc.) feels regret about (gen.). (<a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/grammar\/latin\/genitive-verbs\">A&amp;G \u00a7354b<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>marcid\u014d pall\u014dre<\/strong>: abl. Of manner (<a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/grammar\/latin\/ablative-manner\">A&amp;G \u00a7412<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>d\u0113fecta: <\/strong>Psyche is described as <em>d\u0113fecta<\/em> twice in 2 sentences, in slightly different, escalating meanings; here, \u201cweak, exhausted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>in \u012bm\u014ds poplit\u0113s<\/strong>: \u201call the way down on her knees\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>f\u0113cisset, nisi\u2026\u0113vol\u0101sset<\/strong>: Past contrary-to-fact condition, with the apodosis first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>quod<\/strong>: Connecting relative, refers to previous clause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>sal\u016bte d\u0113fecta<\/strong>: Here, <em>d\u0113fici\u014d<\/em> in the passive + abl. = \u201cto be deprived of, lack\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>recre\u0101tur anim\u012b:<\/strong> <em>Anim\u012b<\/em> can be used. with verbs of feeling as a sort of locative gen. (<a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.dickinson.edu\/grammar\/latin\/genitive-special-verbs\">AG \u00a7358<\/a>). In bk. 5, <em>recre\u014d <\/em>has previously been applied to sleep (5.1.1), bathing, food, and rest (5.5.6), and the company of sisters (5.7.6, 5.13.4), none of which has provided true, lasting restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>gen\u0101sque\u2026imped\u012bt\u014ds<\/strong>: <em>glob\u014ds<\/em> = subject, <em>gen\u0101s<\/em> = D.O. of <em>pererrant\u0113s<\/em>. This lavish look at Cupid\u2019s hair draws on Vergilian descriptions of Ascanius (<em>fusos cervix cui lactea crinis accipit<\/em>, <em>Aen. <\/em>10.137) and Gauls on the shield of Aeneas (<em>aurea caesaries \u2026tum lactea colla<\/em>, <em>Aen. <\/em>8.659-60); it also recalls Lucius\u2019 own hair obsession (<em>Met. <\/em>2.8-9, 11.3).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ali\u014ds antependul\u014ds, ali\u014ds retropendul\u014ds: <\/strong>\u201csome hanging down in front, others hanging down behind.\u201d These adjectives are Apuleian inventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>extimae pl\u016bmulae tenellae<\/strong>: \u201cthe tips of\u2026\u201d. The paired diminutives stress how tiny, cute, and delicate these feathers are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>qu\u0101le\u2026paenit\u0113ret<\/strong>: present contrary-to-fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>iac\u0113bat<\/strong>: singular, agreeing with the closest subject (<em>arcus<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"tel:617-552-4219.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-content-wrap ub-hide\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-panel-1\" aria-labelledby=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-tab-1\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\n<p><strong>ali\u014dqu\u012bn<\/strong>: (adv.) otherwise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>subministr\u014d, -\u0101re<\/strong>: to aid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>r\u014dbor\u014d, -\u0101re: <\/strong>to strengthen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>nov\u0101cula, -ae f.<\/strong>: see <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-16-2-3\/\">5.20.2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>cl\u0101r\u0113sc\u014d, -ere, claru\u012b:<\/strong> to grow bright, become visible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ac\u016bmen, -inis n.<\/strong>: (sharp) point<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>impos, -otis<\/strong>: powerless over, not master of (+ gen.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>marcidus, -a, -um<\/strong>: weak, feeble<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u0113vol\u014d, -\u0101re<\/strong>: to fly away\/out of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>geni\u0101lis, -e<\/strong>: delightful, joyful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>caesaries, -\u0113i, f.<\/strong>: hair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>t\u0113mulentus, -a, -um<\/strong>: drunk, dripping<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>lacteus, -a, -um<\/strong>: milky-white<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>pererr\u014d, -\u0101re<\/strong>: to wander across<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>fulgur\u014d, -\u0101re: <\/strong>to glitter, shine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vacill\u014d, -\u0101re<\/strong>: to waver, hesitate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vol\u0101tilis, -e:<\/strong> winged, flying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>r\u014dscidus, a, um<\/strong>: See <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/latin-commentary\/5-1\/\">5.1.1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>candic\u014d, -\u0101re<\/strong>: to be bright white, gleam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>d\u0113lic\u0101tus, -a, -um<\/strong>: dainty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>result\u014d, -\u0101re<\/strong>: to spring back and forth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>inqui\u0113ta:<\/strong> (adv.) restlessly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>lasc\u012bvio, -\u012bre, -i\u012b, -\u012btum<\/strong>: to play wantonly, frolic\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>glabellus<\/strong> = dim. of <em>glaber, -bra-, brum<\/em>: smooth, hairless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>l\u016bc\u016dlentus, -a, -um<\/strong>: full of light<\/p>\n\n<\/div><div role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"wp-block-ub-tabbed-content-tab-content-wrap active\" id=\"ub-tabbed-content-f4f436fe-5095-4426-9ab4-ed904cfcd92a-panel-2\" 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CE marble statuette of Cupid holding a bow. The quiver next to him is covered with a lion skin. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/collection\/object\/G_1805-0703-19?selectedImageId=1612926650\">London, British Museum<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The image of Psyche looking at the sleeping Cupid is frequently evoked in visual art and poetry, including Eavan Boland\u2019s \u201cFormal Feeling\u201d,\u00a0<em>Lost Land<\/em> (Norton, 1998), analyzed by McNeel and Sabnis 2022.<br><br>A winged god<br>came to a woman at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eros you know the story. You ordained it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The one condition was she did not see him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it was dark when he visited her bed.<br>And it was good. She felt how good it was.<br>But she was curious. And lit a lamp.<br>And saw his nakedness. And he fled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Into the dark. Into the here and now<br>and air and quiet of an Irish night,<br>where I am writing at a darkening window<br>about a winged god and his lover,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>watching the lines and stanzas and measures,<br>which were devised for these purposes,<br>disappearing as the shadows close<br>in around the page<br>under my hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can I know a form unless I see it?<br>How can I see it now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I propose<br>the light she raised over his sleeping body<br>angered heaven because it made clear<br>neither his maleness nor his birth, nor<br>his face dreaming, but<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the place where the sinew of his wings<br>touched the heat of his skin<br>and flight was brought down\u2014<br>To this. To us. To earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eros look down.<br>See as a god sees<br>what a myth says: how a woman still<br>addresses the work of man in the dark of the night:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The power of a form. The plain<br>evidence that strength descended here once.<br>And mortal pain. 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