Reading Notes: Cupid and Psyche, Part A

Cupid and Psyche Roman sarcophagus panel in Indianapolis Museum of Art;

photo by Daderot.  Source: Wikipedia

• For the goddess of love and beauty, Venus has a lot of ugly jealousy and hatred towards Psyche. 
• Part 3 in the story, "Psyche's Beauty and the Anger of Venus," is where the suspense starts to build.
• The story of Cupid and Psyche begins
• Venus gives her orders to Cupid of what she wants him to do to Psyche.
• Venus' elaborate exit in part 3 gives her the appearance of probably being one of the most cherished and adorned goddesses.
• Paragraph 1 of part 4, "The Oracle of Apollo," we see how Psyche feels about her situation, "...weeping in lonely solitude, ill in body and sore at heart, hating that beauty of form the world found so pleasing." She was admired by all but never pursued.
• The biggest plot twist (so far) happens in Part 10, when we find out that Cupid was her husband all along, and that he disobeyed Venus and stuck himself with an arrow.

Bibliography: "Cupid and Psyche" by Apuleius and translated into English by Tony Kline.  Source: Cupid and Psyche