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Raphael and the Villa Farnesina
Author: Charles BigotRaphael and the Villa Farnesina
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Category : Rome (City)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Raphael and the Villa Farnesina, Tr. by M. Healy
Author: Charles Jules BigotPublisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781375516204
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Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Raphael and the Villa Farnesina, Tr. by M. Healy
Author: Charles Jules BigotPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230271132
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Languages : en
Pages : 38
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... K must go down very far in ancient literature to find the name and the adventures of Psyche. Apuleius, a writer of the Antoniue period, in his curious and somewhat strange book, the Metamorphoses, tells this marvellous story, and he gives it rather as a fairy tale than as a religious legend. An old woman, half crazy, half tipsy, in order to console a young girl ravished by brigands on her wedding day, tells this tale of another maiden's sorrows and troubles. The writer himself, changed into an ass for the occasion, hears the story, and regrets having no tablets or stylet in order to give an exact account of the pretty fable. This is the substance of the old woman's narration. It begins like all fairy tales: "There was once upon a time a king and a queen. . ." This king and this cpueen had three beautiful daughters; but Psyche, the youngest of the sisters, was by far the most beautiful. Never had so marvellous a creature been seen upon earth. Men came from all countries to admire her; but such was this beauty's perfection, that she inspired admiration rather than love. In her honour the temples of Venus were deserted; but her elder sisters married kings, and no one dared to claim her hand. Psyche mourned greatly over the fatal gift bestowed upon her. Venus, whose temples were deserted, furious that a mortal maiden should thus insult her immortal glory, calls upon her son to chastise this audacious young girl; she orders him to wound her with his arrows, to cause her to love the most hideous among men, the most repugnant, the most horrible to look upon. Cupid sees Psyche, but not to hate her. Instead of avenging; his mother's wrongs, he determines to have her as his wife. The parents consult the oracle, who declares that Psyche is not...
The English Catalogue of Books
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Pages : 742
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The English Catalogue of Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
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Category : English literature
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Pages : 1578
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Vols. 1898- include a directory of publishers.