"Be The Exception" - WEEK 2 V & E

 Week 2

THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH

 CUPID AND PSYCHE

 Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche ("Soul" or "Breath of Life") and Cupid ("Desire") or Amor ("Love"), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. Although the only extended narrative from antiquity is that of Apuleius, Eros and Psyche appear in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC. The story's Neoplatonic elements and allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations, and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale, Märchen or fairy tale, and myth.

 
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ann-     : year

               Anniversary    : a day that is remembered or celebrated because a special or notable event

               Annual            : covering the period of the year
               Annuity           : an amount of money paid to someone every year

bene-   : good
               beneficial       : good or helpful
               benevolent      : kind and generous to do good things

male-   : bad
               malignant        : very serious and dangerous
               malevolent      : attempt to do harm to another

se-        : without, apart from

                segregation    : a practice or policy that separate people

                select              : to choose