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What measure could mete our indebtedness to Apuleius 

 for his charming story — one of the loveHest myths of 

 later antiquity — of the union of Cupid and Psyche ? 

 Apuleius introduces it into a playful satire on the follies 

 and vices of the day, consisting- of an elaborate romance, 

 the " Metamorphoses," or " Golden Ass," so called pro- 

 bably from its affinity to the " Ass " of Lucian, the epithet 

 " Golden " beinQ^ added as a mark of admiration ; but 



