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...are known, resembles the Cupid and Psyche story told in the Roman writer Apuleius’ Golden Ass (2nd century ad), although there is probably no direct connection. In the early 13th-century Galeran de Bretagne, Galeran loves Fresne, a foundling brought up in a convent; the correspondence between the two is discovered, and Fresne is sent away but appears in Galeran’s land just in...
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