The Myth of Psyche

The literal meaning of Psychology from its Greek Etymology is “study of the soul”. A more

His main point between Eros and Venus is that they are two different things, and they do not necessarily go hand in hand, although they usually do. For a couple to be in love, it does not mean they should have sex, and for two to have a sexual pleasure does not mean they love one another. He does state though, that sometimes with having sex, it can make the couple love each other more and grow stronger together. It goes along with saying that it depends on the couple and their feelings of Eros and Venus. Every individual interprets that meaning of love differently.

Being the strong- willed woman Rose of Sharon is she moves on with life. Then at the end of the

you wonder what is going to happen to her. Also we learn that she only

On page 110, she says “They will not know I have gone away to come back. For the ones I left behind. For the ones who cannot out.”The ending was open ended, but we do know one strong fact that she is going to come back.

She can go back to her husband and children or she can live a life of solitude like

To this threat Psyche reluctantly acquires, broken with sorrow. Everything, she knows, is now changed, horribly changed, altered forever. She will betray her god to satisfy her sisters love-need. "’I know what I do,’ Psyche informs Orual. ‘I know that I am betraying the best of lovers and that perhaps, before sunrise, all my happiness may be destroyed forever.’" (TWHF,

In Anne Stevenson’s “Eros,” the god of love is shown to be broken and abused. Many negative words are used to emphasize Eros’ brokenness. He is described as a “bully boy,” a “brute” that “offends,” and is given “blows” delivered by “lust.” These words are not pleasant, as they illustrate an offensive, hurtful figure. As a “slave” to immortality, Eros is doomed to a “bruised” and “battered visage” for eternity. It is destined for him to endure such a future because of the nature of his job. These strong words of hate and hurt show the pain that love had to endure. The caller of love asks, “Can this be you, with boxer lips and patchy wings askew?” Eros answers with, what “you see is what long overuse has made

The separation from her old world is now complete. She is in the unknown where the next stage the initiation begins.

1. Echo was a dryad and good at singing and gossiping, but she was very kind. So Aphrodite liked her and said that if she ever needed someone to fall in love with her, or if Echo just needed help to call her.

Working in tandem with prom queen aggression, prom queens are notoriously and stereotypically known to deceive and manipulate people in order to get their way, this trait of prom queens is synonymous to Aphrodite’s character. Even if under the influence of Zeus’ power and overcome by desire for a mortal man, Aphrodite’s skill at deceiving and manipulating is seen at its prime in the Homeric Hymn in which Aphrodite speaks to Anchises in disguise. Anchises recognizes that the woman in front of him is indeed a goddess: “Hail, Queen, whosever of the immortals you are that come to this house, whether Artemis or Leto or golden Aphrodite or high-born Themis or gray-eyed Athena.” (HH 5c). Aphrodite does not reveal her true identity even if Anchises

Psyche was born a mortal, her father was a king, and she had two sisters. Her beauty was so great it seemed as if she was a goddess, some even said the goddess Venus could not compare with her. Her sisters were very jealous of her beauty, and so was Venus. Venus went to cupid and told him to make her fall in love with “the vilest and most despicable creature there is in the whole world”. However, Cupid did not do what his mother told him to, but when he looked at Psyche he fell in love.

The picture I chose mirrors the ancient Greek idea of Aphrodite by being sexual and beautiful. This image also mirrors ancient Greek Aphrodite by presenting her on a seashell, which corresponds with the symbol of Aphrodite and the Greek idea that she was born from the foam of the sea. With Aphrodite’s arms raised in the imagine, one can conclude that this shows her power over individuals resembling the idea of her being vengeful and vain.

In time, an opportunity to recreate her transformation presents itself. Will she risk herself to find what she had? Is it worth her team? Her

A Similarity of both Apollo and Aphrodite manipulation is the revelations of the motives are revealed before their actions take place. In the first Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the story describes the beautiful, virgin goddess who falls in love with the mortal, Anchises. Aphrodite eludes the most powerful Greek god Zeus and in retaliation, Zeus forces Aphrodite to fall in love with a mortal which eventually leads to her falling in love with Anchises and have sex with him. Aphrodite intentions are made clear before any actions take place and is described, “And when she saw him, Aphrodite, lover of laughter, she loved him, and a terrifying desire seized her heart” (Aphrodite 87-88). Comparing this hymn to the second Homeric Hymn to apollo, the story has similarities to the story of Aphrodite. For example, Apollo also reveals his