Psyche Discovers Sleeping Cupid
Source
Giuseppe Maria Crespi — Amore e Psiche (1707-1709). Via Apuleius, The Golden Ass, Books IV-VI.
The trail
Reading Boethius → Circe (Book IV) → Apuleius Golden Ass → Cupid and Psyche embedded narrative → hunted Wikimedia for the lamp scene.
The passage
She already knew. The palace, the invisible servants, the voice in the dark that loved her — she already knew it was a god.
Crespi understood the myth. The lamp IS the drama. Her expression caught between wonder, reverence and the nervous excitement of transgression. The darkness swallows everything beyond the bed. She already knew it was a god. The lamp was not for discovery. It was for verification. And verification is what destroys faith.