Kerry Black
Furman University
Apuleius 4.33.1
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The king had once accounted himself happy ; now on hearing the utterance of the sacred prophecy , he returned home reluctant and downcast , to explain this inauspicious reply , and what they had to do , to his wife .
Rex , olim beatus , affatu sanctae vaticinationis accepto pigens tristisque retro domum pergit suaeque coniugi praecepta sortis enodat infaustae .
The King , sometimes happy when he heard the prophesie of Apollo , returned home sad and sorrowful , and declared to his wife the miserable and unhappy fate of his daughter .
Apuleius 4.34.1
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However , the bidding of heaven had to be obeyed , and the unfortunate Psyche was required to undergo the punishment ordained for her . Accordingly , amid the utmost sorrow , the ceremonies of her funereal marriage , were dulely performed and escorted by the entire populace Psyche was led forth , a living corpse , and in tears joined in , not her wedding procession , but her own funeral .
Sed monitis caelestibus parendi necessitas misellam Psychen ad destinatam poenam efflagitabat : perfectis igitur feralis thalami cum summo maerore sollemnibus toto prosequente populo vivum producitur funus et lacrimosa Psyche comitatur non nuptias sed exequias suas .
All the family and people of the city weeped likewise , and with great lamentation was ordained a remisse time for that day But necessity compelled that Psyches should be brought to her appointed place , according to the divine appointment . And when the solemnity was ended , they went to bring the sorrowful spouse , not to her marriage , but to her final end and burial .