Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 32 minutes ago

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Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning.”

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00:00 Introduction
00:05 Cupid and Psyche by L Prang & Co
00:11 Psyche Discovering the Sleeping Cupid by Luca Giordano
00:15 The Abduction of Psyche by Adolphe Bouguereau
00:21 Amor and Psyche by Károly Lotz
00:43 The Wedding Banquet and Counsel of the Gods by Raphael
00:55 The Beautiful Soul
00:59 Psyche at the Fountain by Alexis-Joseph Mazerolle
01:10 The Story of Psyche by Maurice Denis
01:27 Apuleius, from the Bishop’s Museum, Trier, Germany
01:47 Honors Rendered to Psyche by Andrea Andreadi
01:57 Tapestry, from the Great Palace, Bad Doberan, Germany
02:06 Psyche Honored by the People by Luca Giordano
02:12 Psyche’s Father Consulting the Oracle after Agostino Veneziano
02:17 Apuleius, Metamorphoses
03:05 Venus Chides Cupid by Luca Giordano
03:18 Tapestry, from the Great Palace, Bad Doberan, Germany,
03:27 Cupid and Psyche by Alphonse Legros
03:57 Stygian Dream of Psyche by Michelangelo Palloni
04:30 The Nuptials of Cupid and Psyche by Pelagio Palagi
04:39 Psyche’s Wedding by Edward Burne-Jones
05:00 Psyche Exposed on a Rock by Luca Giordano
05:18 Legend of Cupid and Psyche by Charles Vignes
05:22 The Lover’s Face
05:26 Psyche Transported and Discovering Cupid’s Palace by Luca Giordano
05:41 The Awakening of Psyche by Nicolas-Adolphe Weber
05:48 Psyche Served by Invisible Spirits by Luca Giordano
05:51 The Toilet of Psyche by Charles-Joseph Natoire
05:59 Cupid and Psyche by James Pradier
06:13 Sleeping Psyche by Louis Julien Jean Aulnette du Vautenet
06:29 Psyche Abandoned by Cupid, by Dosso Dossi
06:46 Psyche Gives Presents to Her Sisters by the Master of the Die
07:00 Psyche Showing Her Sisters Her Gifts From Cupid by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
07:14 Psyche and Her Sisters by Polidoro da Caravaggio
07:21 Psyche’s Sisters Persuade Her a Serpent is Sleeping With Her by the Master of the Die
07:42 Psyche’s Sisters Giving Her a Lamp and a Dagger by Luca Giordano
08:01 Cupid and Psyche by Adolf Thomas
08:10 Apuleius, Metamorphoses
08:39 Cupid and Psyche by Giuseppe Maria Crespi
08:51 Cupid and Psyche by Jean-François de Troy
08:56 Cupid and Psyche by Jacopo Zucchi
09:09 Psyche Trying to Restrain Cupid by Jacob Jordaens
09:17 Cupid and Psyche by Nicolas Colombel
09:36 The Quest For Love
09:40 Resting Psyche by Károly Brocky
09:53 Pan and Psyche by Edward Burne-Jones
09:59 Pan Consoling Psyche by Ernst Klimt
10:04 Psyche Relating Her Misfortunes to Her Sisters by the Master of the Die
11:03 Psyche by Antonín Hudeček
11:11 Psyche in the Temple of Love by Edward John Poynter
11:19 Ceres and Psyche by Léonard Limousin
11:35 Psyche Before the Throne of Venus by Henrietta Rae
12:01 Psyche at the Throne of Venus by Esward Matthew Hale
12:27 Story of Psyche by Jacapo del Sellaio
12:50 Venus Punishing Psyche with a Task by Luca Giordano
13:13 Psyche by Paul Thumann
13:19 Illustration from Psyche by Dion Clayton Calthrop
13:47 Illustration from Psyche by Dion Clayton Calthrop
13:54 The Legend of Cupid and Psyche by Angelica Kauffman
14:05 Psyche Abandoned by Pietro Tenerani
14:14 Eagle Bringing Cup to Psyche by Benjamin West
14:43 Venus Accusing Psyche of Impiety by Léonard Limousin
14:58 Psyche by Alfred de Curzon
15:22 Psyche Abandonned by Jacques-Louis David
15:44 Psyche by Évariste-Vital Luminais
16:02 Psyche and Charon by Lucia Isabella Runkle
16:11 Two Scenes from Cupid and Psyche by Giulio Romano
16:15 Psyche by George Fuller
16:42 Psyche Obtaining the Elixir of Beauty from Proserpine by Charles-Joseph Natoire
17:00 Psyche Opening the Golden Box by John WIlliam Waterhouse
17:09 Psyche by Victor Casimir Zier
17:17 Adolescent Love Crying on the Portrait of Psyche Whom he Has Lost by Charles Meynier
17:29 Amour and Psyche by Michel Philibert Genod
17:40 The Reunion of Cupid and Psyche by Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours
17:46 Cupid Pleading to Venus to Forgive Psyche by Georges Rouget
17:53 The Story of Psyche by Maurice Denis
18:11 Amor and Psyche by François-Édouard Picot
18:18 The Story of Psyche by Maurice Denis
18:21 Cupid Crowned by Psyche by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
18:30 The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche by François Boucher
18:41 The Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche by François Perrier after Raphael
19:02 The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche by Andrea Schiavone
19:09 Conclusion
19:23 Psyche, Goddess of the Soul, by William S Kimball & Co
19:29 Psyche by George Barbier
19:50 The Toilet of Psyche by Joseph Paelinck
19:56 Cupid and Psyche by François Gérard
20:03 Cupid and Psyche by Adolfo de Carolis
20:12 Cupid and Psyche by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
20:24 Psyche Carried to Olympus by Mercury by Cornelis van Poelenburch
20:37 Illustration from Psyche by Dion Clayton Calthrop
20:51 The Story of Psyche by Maurice Denis
21:04 Cupid and Psyche by John Hoppner
21:11 Illustration from Psyche by Dion Clayton Calthrop

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