Aug. 23rd, 2023

sdi: Oil painting of the Heliconian Muse whispering inspiration to Hesiod. (Default)

Soul bears Love a daughter whom Apuleius calls Voluptas. Lewis and Short translate this as "satisfaction, enjoyment, pleasure, or delight," either sensual or spiritual.

Every source I've seen equates Her with Hedone ("sensual pleasure"), but I think this is wrong: Apuleius was a Platonist (not an Epicurean), and She is only born after Soul evolves (not before). Rather, I wonder if Voluptas was an attempt to render Eudaimonia ("well-being, happiness") in Latin.

June 2025

S M T W T F S
123 4567
8 91011121314
151617 18192021
22232425 262728
29 30