Love and war are fair, and Greek mythology tells all kinds of magnificent wars, but also depicts all kinds of love stories that can be sung and wept. In the saddest love story of Greek mythology, Cupid and Psyche are definitely in line, so how much do you know about the love story of the two?
Cupid and Psyche, the god of love, is a story of loss of trust and betrayal. The youngest of the three daughters of the ancient Greek kings, Psyche was known for her unparalleled beauty, so much so that people began to call her Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. Not long after, the real Aphrodite heard about this, and in a fit of rage, sent her son Eros to secretly cast a magic potion on Psyche that would make no man fall in love with her or desire to marry her.
Eros, probably less famous, but his other name is widely known, and that is Cupid. Cupid did not disobey his mother's orders, but did as she was told, giving Psai a potion to overcome. But mistakenly hitting Psyche with his arrow of love, distraught and not knowing what to do, he let go of another arrow, this time shooting himself.
We know what happens when Cupid's arrow hits, and eternal love follows, and Cupid and Psyche are captivated. The process of true love is never smooth sailing, and Poussai overcomes the magic potion that exerts its magic. Psyche watched his two sisters fall in love with each other, marry and have children, not knowing what kind of suffering he had suffered, and was indifferent to men, who seemed to be immune to her famous beauty.
Psyche's plight was distressing to his father, and when he did not solve the problem, he went to Delphi to consult the oracle. The answer was not pleasant, and Father Apollo told Psyche's father, who did not dare to disobey the oracle, that she would have to be dressed in black and taken to the distant top of a mountain, where she would remain alone until her future husband appeared.
Unbeknownst to Him, Cupid had a plan that would be put into practice as long as Pussek was left on top of the mountain. At Cupid's request, the Wind God took the abandoned Psychek to Cupid's palace, located in a beautiful valley, where she was cared for by a group of servants whose every wish was at their command.
Psyche was only visited by her husband at night, he would appear with a cloak, he was a good lover, but would never allow her to look him in the face, and he made her swear never to peep. Unbeknownst to Psyche, her husband is Cupid, the god of love! For Psyche, time passed calmly, and her nights were exciting, but since it was the only time her husband visited each day, and her days were empty, she begged his husband to allow her sisters to visit, and Cupid agreed.
The sisters arrived, but seeing Psyc's extravagant lifestyle, they were filled with jealousy and began to fill Psyc's head with gibberish, telling her that her husband was a furry monster, which was why he forbade her to look at him forever. They advised her that when her husband was asleep, she should bring an oil lamp and a knife, just in case, in case it backfired, she would see the truth herself.
She did so, and the truth came out, and her husband was not a furry beast, but Cupid, the god of love. Psyche was shocked and trembling, and a drop of oil from the lamp dripped on Eros's shoulder, burning him, and the pain awakened him, only to find Psyc high above, wielding a knife. Fearful of his life, Cupid quickly fled the scene, scolding Psyche for not trusting him.
Feeling betrayed, Cupid rejects Psyche's apology and vows never to see her again. Feeling ashamed after being abandoned by Eros, Psyche tries to drown herself, but the fairies on the river take pity on her, and she is washed ashore, where she regains her senses and sets out to find Eros to see if they can't solve the problem.
Upon discovery, Aphrodite, aware of her son's grief, ordered her servants to find Psyche and bring her before the goddess. Aphrodite gave Psyche three tasks to atone for her actions and save her life.
The first task, dividing a pile of poppy seeds, chickpeas, and lentils into different piles, was quickly completed by Psyc with the help of some nearby ants.
The second task, Psyche, to peel the wool from a ferocious man-eating golden sheep, made Psyche a little worried, until a passing fairy suggested that she wait until the sheep fell asleep, gently remove the loose wool, and collect other hairs that might have fallen on the ground around it, or caught in the trees brushed by the sheep. In this way, Psyche successfully completed the second task.
The third task, and also a trap, is to go to Hades in the underworld and bring Back Persephone's box to Aphrodite, which contains a beautiful elixir, which Aphrodite warns her not to open under any circumstances. Aphrodite knew that the potion in the box was not a beauty dan, but a curse of eternal sleep. Unexpectedly, Psyche managed to retrieve the box and was happy for herself, thinking that a little magical beauty potion would help her win back Cupid's love, so she opened the box and she fell asleep in an instant.
While Psyche is busy with her mission, future prevents Cupid from helping her, Cupid is imprisoned in her mansion by Aphrodite, Cupid manages to escape and find his true love, comes to Psyc and finds the sleeping Pussyk. Thinking quickly, he used his kiss to wake Psyche from his trance sleep. Cupid reunites with his lover and pleads with Zeus to legalize their secret marriage. Not only did Zeus fulfill his wish, but he also granted Psych eternal life and proclaimed her the goddess of human souls.