Anna Weber
Furman University
Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.3.1
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- Modified on 2020-10-25 07:47:57
- Translated by A.S. Kline (2013) and Robert Graves (1951))
- Aligned by Anna Weber
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Psyche felt blessed by divine providence , and obeying the guidance of the disembodied voice , eased her weariness with sleep and then a bath . Nearby she found a semi-circular table , and judging from the dinner setting that it was meant for her , she promptly sat down to wait .
Sensit Psyche divinae providentiae beatitudinem monitusque , voces informes audiens , et prius somno et mox lavacro fatigationem sui diluit , visoque statim proximo semirotundo suggestu , propter instrumentum cenatorium rata refectui suo commodum , libens accumbit .
‘Psyche was grateful to the unknown Providence that was taking such good care of her
and did as the disembodied voice suggested . First she found her bedroom and dozed oʃ
again for awhile , then she went to the bath , where invisible hands undressed her ,
washed her , anointed her and dressed her again in her bridal costume . As she wandered
out of the bathroom she noticed a semi-circular table with a comfortable chair in front
of it ; it was laid for a banquet , though there was nothing yet on it to eat or drink .
and did as the disembodied voice suggested . First she found her bedroom and dozed oʃ
again for awhile , then she went to the bath , where invisible hands undressed her ,
washed her , anointed her and dressed her again in her bridal costume . As she wandered
out of the bathroom she noticed a semi-circular table with a comfortable chair in front
of it ; it was laid for a banquet , though there was nothing yet on it to eat or drink .