Psyche (Psyché in French) is the Greek term for "soul" (ψυχή).
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Psyche or La Psyché may also refer to:
- Psyche (mythology), a mortal woman in Greek mythology who became the wife of Eros and the goddess of the soul
- Soul in the Bible, spirit or soul in Judaic and Christian philosophy and theology
Based on Cupid and Psyche
- The story of Cupid and Psyche, mainly known from the Latin novel by Apuleius, and depicted in many forms:
- Cupid and Psyche (Capitoline Museums), a Roman statue
- Marlborough gem, a 1st-century carved cameo
- Landscape with Psyche Outside the Palace of Cupid, a 1664 painting by Claude Lorrain, National Gallery London
- Psyché (play), a 1671 tragedy-ballet by Molière
- Psyche (Locke), a semi-opera of 1675 with music by Matthew Locke
- Psyché (opera), a 1678 opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- A 1714 violin sonata by Italian composer Michele Mascitti
- Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss a sculpture of 1793 by Antonio Canova
- Psyche, a six-canto allegorical poem by Mary Tighe first published in 1805
- Cupid and Psyche (Thorvaldsen), a sculpture of 1808, Copenhagen
- Love and Psyche (David), a painting of 1817, now in Cleveland
- Eros and Psyche (Robert Bridges), poem of 1885
- An 1888 symphonic poem by Belgian composer César Franck
- An 1898 fairy tale by Louis Couperus
- A 1924 classical music composition by Manuel de Falla
Other uses in science and technology
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