Reading Notes: Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche Part B

I love the power that Venus carries with her. She is the goddess of love and she doesn't think that Cupid should be with someone like Psyche. Venus is incredibly protective of Cupid and that is kind of why I chose to use this picture. Psyche's character is the most interesting to me because she is strangely beautiful, yet the only man to ever fall in love with her is Cupid. The series of events that happen because of Cupid and Psyche's romance are nothing less of unfortunate. Venus does everything in her power to set things back to the way they were and to get Cupid back. In this week's story, I also really want to focus on the imagery and descriptions like the author does in the original story.


"Venus Chides Cupid" by Giordano.
https://www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/user-docs/spz-latein/materialien/apuleius/psyche-giordano.pdf

Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche; http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/myth-folklore-unit-apuleiuss-cupid-and.html