Week 2 Reading Diary, continued: Cupid and Psyche
Apuleius's Golden Ass, as translated into English by Tony Kline (2013).
- A bird goes to sea to tell Venus that her son is in pain and in love with Psyche
- Venus is outraged and goes to Cupid to scold him
- Venus searches for Psyche to seek vengeance while Psyche looks for Cupid
- Psyche asks Ceres for help, but is turned away
- She then asks Juno for help, who also turns her away
- Psyche plans to surrender to Venus
- Venus has Mercury issue a reward for anyone that turns Psyche over to her
- Venus beats Psyche and then punishes her with chores
- Each chore gets worse and worse until Venus sends her to the underworld
- Psyche makes it back with beauty from Proserpine
- She opened the jar, she was warned not to, and it was sleep that overcame her
- Cupid, finally healed, flew to her side and wiped the sleep away
- Psyche turned immortal and they were married and had a daughter, Pleasure
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