Although Psyche fails the final task, the gods make her immortal and she is reunited with Cupid. Venus sets Psyche a series of increasingly difficult tasks. Psyche tries to drown herself but Pan tells her to win back Cupid’s love. Angrily he flies off with Psyche clinging desperately to his ankle.

When Cupid is asleep, Psyche illuminates his beautiful figure with the lamp but a drop of hot oil accidentally wakes him. Urged on by them she conceals a lamp and knife in her bedchamber. Psyche is curious about her lover’s appearance and fearful after her two jealous sisters convince her that Cupid is a serpentine monster. Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived three princesses. Cupid visits Psyche only at night and forbids her to make any attempt to see him. The Charming Greek Myth of Eros & Psyche. The west wind, Zephyrus, saves her and carries her to Cupid’s palace. They are told that Psyche’s future husband is a monster and that she must be abandoned on top of a mountain. However, Cupid falls in love with Psyche himself.Ĭoncerned about Psyche’s lack of suitors, her parents consult the oracle of Apollo. Psyche is so beautiful that the jealous goddess Venus commands her son Cupid to make her fall in love with an unworthy man. Psyche, Eros, and Their Relationship With Aphrodite The love story of Eros and Psyche is well known in Greek mythology. This is rare for Giordano, whose facility with a brush was legendary – he was called ‘Luca fa presto’ (‘Luca the fast worker’). Edwards An article discusses the original texts detailing the story of Eros (Cupid) and Psyche, and looking at various interpretations. The series may be unfinished, as the twelve surviving paintings tell only half the story. This set of paintings on copper illustrates the story of Cupid and Psyche from the Golden Ass by the 2nd century writer Apuleius, which was well known at the Spanish court.

In 1694 Luca Giordano was appointed painter to Charles II of Spain.

Tale of eros and psyche