Cupid and Psyche
Once upon a time, God Venus became very jealous about Psyche’s beauty and orders her son, Cupid to shoot his golden arrow to Psyche so Psyche will eventually fall in love with a very poor creature (a man). When Cupid went down to Earth, he couldn’t shoot his golden arrow to Psyche because of Psyche’s beauty. However, Cupid didn’t show himself to Psyche promising not to try to look, so one day; Psyche was convinced from her sisters to kill Cupid. As a result, Cupid ran away because of Psyche’s betrayal when Psyche was trying to kill Cupid but she didn’t’ because of Cupid’s beauty. This myth attempt to answer the morals people should learn. There were many morals I procured. I learned that love shouldn’t have curiosity, but trust. If curiosity exists, then it may lead to a failing love. For example, Psyche was curious how Cupid looked like; there was a lack of trust. It eventually led to a failure. Also, being jealous on someone like Venus is a negative thing to learn. Instead of being envious and jealous, you should show respect. So, the important virtue for the Greeks would be having trust in love. When you are in love with someone, they you shouldn’t betray, but to show trust and remain in love for the better. Also, when Venus hated Psyche, they were like enemies. But, you should always love your enemies and show respect one another.
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