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Eros Psyche

1. The myth of Eros and Psyche tells the story of their forbidden love. 2. Psyche's beauty made Aphrodite jealous, so she cursed Psyche to never find love. However, Eros fell in love with Psyche upon seeing her. 3. After marrying in secret, Psyche's sisters planted doubts in her mind about Eros. She betrayed his trust by looking at his face, causing their relationship to unravel.

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Eros Psyche

1. The myth of Eros and Psyche tells the story of their forbidden love. 2. Psyche's beauty made Aphrodite jealous, so she cursed Psyche to never find love. However, Eros fell in love with Psyche upon seeing her. 3. After marrying in secret, Psyche's sisters planted doubts in her mind about Eros. She betrayed his trust by looking at his face, causing their relationship to unravel.

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EROS & PSYCHE

A Love for the Ages

By: Divya Maharaj


Characters
Aphrodite Eros Psyche
•She is Eros’ mother Eros is Aphrodite’s son and the She is a daughter to a king
and the mother-in-law husband of Psyche. and a sister to two girls, the
and persecutor of daughter-in-law to
Psyche. Aphrodite, and the wife of
Eros.
She is described as Eros is said to be quite muscular She is said to be beautiful,
extremely beautiful. with broad shoulders. However, nearly as beautiful as
no further description is given Aphrodite, with big, black
because he is invisible to eyes.
Psyche.
She is jealous and can Eros seems to be sympathetic Psyche seems to be pliable,
be vengeful. and kind, but can also be faithful, impatient and a
stubborn and petty. little jealous.
Characters
The Parents The Sisters Zephyrus The Oracle

They are the king and These are the daughters of This is the West Wind, They are not related to
queen of a small kingdom the king and queen as well Eros’ messenger. anyone in the myth, but
and the parents of Psyche as older sisters to Psyche. deliver the news to
and her sisters. Psyche’s parents that she
was not meant to marry a
mortal and to be deliver her
to the mountain for Eros.

A physical description was No physical description No physical description is No physical description of


not given. was given of the sisters. given, save for form the oracle is given.
Zephyrus was in– the wind.

They are loving, but are They are cruel, He is obedient, comforting, They are insightful and
also weak-willed. manipulative, and envious. and pleasant. intuitive, but vague.
Key Facts/Key Events
1. Aphrodite was extremely jealous of Psyche, a mere human girl, who
began to be praised more than the goddess of love herself. So, she
sent down her son, Eros, to curse Psyche. He had approached Psyche
in her sleep, ready to strike her with his bow when he cut himself. It
was when she opened her eyes Eros had fallen in love with the human
princess.

2. When Eros told his mother what had happened, she was outraged and
in a fit of anger, she cursed Psyche to never be loved. In protest, Eros
refused to shoot his arrows of love. This caused even more harm to
the goddess, who began to wither. She granted Eros permission to
Amor and Psyche (Louis-Jean-François
take Psyche as a bride. Lagrenée, 1805)
Image courtesy of Wikipedia
Key Facts/Key Events
3. Psyche’s parents were plagued with worry. Why would no one
marry their beautiful daughter? To seek their answer to this question,
they went to an oracle who said Psyche was not meant to marry a
mortal. Her parents were instructed to take her to a mountain and say
goodbye, which they did. From the mountain, the princess was
carried to Eros’ home by the West Wind, Zephyrus.

4. Eros and Psyche fall in love, but Eros is invisible to her. She
cannot see him because he did not think it was time yet. Soon
enough, Psyche begins to grow lonely, as Eros can only visit her
when the sun goes down. He allows her to see her sisters and that is
where the seeds of suspicious await to be sown. Amor and Psyche (Louis-Jean-François
Lagrenée, 1805)
Image courtesy of Wikipedia
Key Facts/Key Events
5. Upon their visit, Psyche’s sisters begin planting
distrustful thoughts into her head. Overcome with
jealously, fear, and distrust, while Eros is sleeping, Psyche
looks at his true form. She drops oil on him, waking him
up, and Eros throws her out of the palace. Everything
grand she had in the previous moment was gone and
Psyche found herself in the woods, looking for Eros to
right the wrong she had done.

Amor and Psyche (Louis-Jean-François


Lagrenée, 1805)
Image courtesy of Wikipedia
“All the good
things that belonged
to her vanished
with her love.”
Page 101,Evslin
Cupid and Psyche (Jean-
Pierre Saint-Ours, 1843)
Image courtesy of
Wikipedia
Cupid and Psyche

Morals (Spagnolo, 1707)


Image courtesy of
Meeting Myths
Psyche is expelled from Eros’ palace when she looks

at him without his permission. He had told her to

wait, but insecurity, distrust and jealously took ahold

of her. This suggests that the moral of the story is

that there can be no love when there is no trust.

Psyche did not trust Eros and easily believed her

sisters’ false words, which led her to betray his

wishes of waiting to see him. Eros and Psyche’s

relationship was put in jeopardy because there was

no confidence in one another.


“Yes, I am love
itself and I cannot
live where I am not
believed.”
Page 101,Evslin
Cupid and Psyche
(Anthony van Dyck, 1639-
1640)
Image courtesy of
Wikipedia
Legacy
Trust in Love: Some say that Eros forgave
Psyche for her misdeeds and she, too, began
to aid in creating young love. Her duty was
to dispel distrust in relationships. If you’re
young and in love, you know who to thank!

Nature: Psyche was said to wander around


the forest looking for her husband and
seeking redemption. In one version of the
myth, Aphrodite turned her into an owl. In
another, Psyche was turned into a bat to
atone for her sins.

Cupid and Psyche (Jacques-


Louis David, 1817)
Image courtesy of Wikipedia
“…and she…whispers
to them that none but
love knows the secret…
that believing is
seeing”
Page 101,Evslin
Psyche Lifted up by
Zephyrs (Pierre-Paul
Pru’hon, 1800)
Image courtesy of
Wikipedia
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