Cupid and Psyche

The ancient history documentary of Psyche and Cupid is one of those few Roman and Greek myths that has not become fully assimilated into the modern consciousness. Though modified somewhat to the well identified "Beauty & the Beast", initially written by the French writer Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont being "La Belle etla Bête"—the connection to the previous ancient text is fairly unrecognized.

Cupid, identified as Eros in the Greek myths, is usually portrayed as the chubby baby cherub, and with the fondness for darts or arrows, and Psyche is even predominately not known exterior of the psychological environment –"psyche" means "the soul" in the ancient Greek and has been subsequently applied in the writings of psychologists.

But, in the prehistoric world, Psyche and Cupid’s love were well recorded and cherished among the literate scholars. Even though the original Greek form has been lost, the span of the text remained with Lucius Apuleius' ‘A Golden Ass, ’the side story that—in lots of ways—overshadows the remains of the novel.

Some time ago...

A cupid and Psyche's story started as the latest fairy tales do: having a kingdom, a trial, a daughter with the insurmountable trouble over the head, and the subsequent moral. It’s as follows: the king and the queen gave birth to the three daughters, however, only the third holds unearthly beauty. Apuleius' message claimed that her good looks was so astonishing the "poverty of the language is not able to utter its due praise."