Tales of Lovers

By Jimmy JoeJune 22, 2000

Tales of Lovers are concerned with myths about love and tragedy. Most of the stories found here come from a work called Metamorphoses by the Roman writer named Ovid, except for the tale of Cupid and Psyche which was only known through Lucius Apuleius, in the Golden Ass.

Love and War Bound (Aphrodite and Ares)

Adonis

Cupid and Psyche

Orpheus and Eurydice

Narcissus and Echo

Cephalus and Procris

Ceyx and Alcyone

Pyramus and Thisbe

Pygmalion and Galatea

Baucis and Philemon

Hero and Leander

Iphis

Hermaphroditus and Salmacis

Cyparissus

Daphne (Nymphs)

Io (Heroines)

Europa (House of Crete)

Psyche