Reading Notes: Cupid and Psyche, Part B
After reading Venus and the Goddesses from the Cupid and Psyche unit, I was shocked to see how things changed. Venus used her son, Cupid, to revenge her and torment her enemy, Psyche.
The biggest twist that happened was..... Cupid fell in love with Psyche. Never thought I would see that coming.
Venus, of course, was furious and felt betrayed by her son. But whose fault is this whole mess? It is VENUS'!! She is the one that dragged Cupid into her devious plan.
In this story, Venus complains and complains. She talks about conceiving another son to and stripping Cupid of his wings and bow and arrow.
Being a mother, she is not acting like a good one at all. She is not there to talk to her son about his first love, she is shaming him for loving the girl she hates.
She also calls upon her friends, Ceres and Juno, to help her find and destroy Psyche for poisoning her son.
The next story, Psyche's Prayer, is about Psyche trying to survive. She knows that Venus is after her in a rage. She ran into Venus' friends, Ceres and Juno, and surprisingly they do not turn her over to Venus. They do not help her, but they do not hurt her either. I wonder if that is because the conflict between Cupid's love and Venus' hate? Will Venus get her hands on Psyche and perform horrific things?
Bibliography:
Apuleius: Venus and the Goddesses from Apuleius's Golden Ass, translated by Tony Kline
Apuleius: Psyche's Prayer from Apuleius's Golden Ass, Translated by Tony Kline
The biggest twist that happened was..... Cupid fell in love with Psyche. Never thought I would see that coming.
Venus, of course, was furious and felt betrayed by her son. But whose fault is this whole mess? It is VENUS'!! She is the one that dragged Cupid into her devious plan.
In this story, Venus complains and complains. She talks about conceiving another son to and stripping Cupid of his wings and bow and arrow.
Being a mother, she is not acting like a good one at all. She is not there to talk to her son about his first love, she is shaming him for loving the girl she hates.
She also calls upon her friends, Ceres and Juno, to help her find and destroy Psyche for poisoning her son.
The next story, Psyche's Prayer, is about Psyche trying to survive. She knows that Venus is after her in a rage. She ran into Venus' friends, Ceres and Juno, and surprisingly they do not turn her over to Venus. They do not help her, but they do not hurt her either. I wonder if that is because the conflict between Cupid's love and Venus' hate? Will Venus get her hands on Psyche and perform horrific things?
Bibliography:
Apuleius: Venus and the Goddesses from Apuleius's Golden Ass, translated by Tony Kline
Apuleius: Psyche's Prayer from Apuleius's Golden Ass, Translated by Tony Kline
Psyche at the Shrines of Juno and Ceres Begging
for Help (from the story), Burne-Jones
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