All Comments on 'Eros and Psyche: A Greek Myth'

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AnonymousAnonymousover 16 years ago
Get it right

A pleasant tale, but lots of confusion. You start by saying Eros was the son of Venus. Not true. Eros was the Greek god of love; Venus was not Greek, but a Roman goddess, the "numen" of gardens where food and herbs were grown as well as flowers, and she was not otherwise connected with fertility of any kind. Eros was said by some to be the son of Aphrodite, though many experts say he was not her son but only her constant companion. Venus is sometimes identified with Aphrodite. Her son was called Cupid. Psyche, the soul, was also Roman, in spite of her Greek-sounding name, and Cupid was her lover. Don't confuse Greek and Roman mythologies. Many of the characters are roughly equivalent, but they do different things with different motives. Thanks, anyway, for an entertaining read. Freddy

Zodia195Zodia195over 16 years ago
Nicely done

That tale was always my fav of the Greek and Roman myths. You did a very nice job of portraying it and you made it unique in a few ways. Very Nice!

AnonymousAnonymousover 16 years ago
nice story

just so you know Eros is the son of Aphrodite Greek godess of love Cupid is the son of Venus Ronam godess of love {the same person diffrent name} NB the Romans stole the Greek myths and changed the names. beautiful story

AphoniacAphoniacover 16 years ago
Shut up.

...To all of you suggesting the changes.

In the art world, depictions of this couple are nearly always entitled "Eros and Psyche".

Eros is generally substituted for Cupid because, for one, Eros is seen as a more serious, adult figure rather than Cupid's cherubic figure....

Bridget69Bridget69about 16 years ago
Greek myth...

is a great myth, no matter its accuracy.

NavauraNavauraover 14 years ago
Gods and Goddesses

I don't know anything about greek mythology, nor roman mythology, but I do know that they all seem to have the same view point on "Gods and Goddeses," which there fore makes no different what they called their deities because they all played a role into their culture. There was a God and Goddess for every roll just different name, so to me it really doesn't make a difference, because according to all the reviews here, if Eros was the God of love, but the son of Aphrodite and Cupid was the God of love, but the son of Venus and Aphrodite was the Goddess of love and as well as Venus the Goddes of love and beauty, that implies that they are the same people just with different names to fit the culture. I don't think it matters about the Gods and Goddesses, just the story. It seems to imply a meaning. That was the most important part for me. Beautifully written to. :)

AnonymousAnonymousalmost 14 years ago
Romantic

Love the way u changed some parts of the story... Its not exactly like in the myth but it sounded so romantic, its almot if not better than the real story!!!! Felt the love!!!

AnonymousAnonymousover 13 years ago
omg

nooww m a huggee fan of yours

the way you write

the way u make guys be so gentle with girls

its so adorable

AnonymousAnonymousabout 13 years ago

Aphrodite. Not Venus.

AnonymousAnonymousover 12 years ago
This is a lovely story.

Hope you do more. To the others, stop worrying about accuracy

AnonymousAnonymousover 10 years ago
Great Story

I truly enjoyed reading this story it was very well written

ravenhairedcutieravenhairedcutieabout 10 years ago
Love the story but got confused with the mythological characters...

Yes, no doubt, it's an amazing story but you seem to got the characters of both Roman and Greek mythology confused. Eros is greek and it's Roman counterpart is Cupid. At the end of the story, it should not be Zeus but Jupiter.

But of course, good version of one of the most romantic mythical love stories of all time.

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