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Bernard Evslin's Heroes, Gods, And Monsters Of The Greek Myth

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In Bernard Evslin’s Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths, the story of Eros and Psyche teaches the Greeks the importance of trusting others which is shown through Psyche’s mistrust and plot to see her husband. Eros, the God of love, devotes himself to his mother Aphrodite and his father either Hermes or Ares. He embodies his Roman name of Cupid because he shoots arrows to make people fall in love with the next person they lay their eyes upon. To do his job he relies on his ability to fly which makes it easier for him to strike people with his arrows. Based on his job, the symbols of a bow and arrow and hearts suit him. When others, like his mother, need help with something others count on him to help them out when they need it. Some …show more content…

Aphrodite enlists Eros’ help telling him to poison an arrow and scratch Psyche’s cheek in her sleep making her fall in love with the first person she sees when she wakes up. While doing this, Eros clumsily drops the arrow, scratching himself, causing him to fall madly in love with Psyche, so he stops helping his mother and in turn she puts a curse on Psyche saying no man will love her. Psyche’s parents trudge up the mountain with her nervously towing behind, so she can find her husband since the oracle said a God loves her. Swept away by the wind, Psyche travels to a beautiful castle where she is waited on hand and foot by invisible servants. At night she can feel her husband but cannot see him, even though she pleads with him to allow her to observe him. He will not let her glance at him but brings her sisters to keep her company during the day. Psyche’s sisters come causing a large reunion until they ask about her husband and give Psyche bad thoughts about her husband cheating on her or being a monster. She kicks them out of the house and grows continually worried about what they said, then she devises a plan. When her husband is sleeping she pulls out a lantern and beholds her glowing husband Eros, but when she does a drip of scorching wax plunges onto his majestic face causing him to abruptly wake up. Extremely upset, Eros storms off taking away the

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