According to some, Eros fell in love the instant he saw Psyche while others claim he inadvertently pricked himself with one of his arrows.
Persephone accepted and gave it to her in a box. Psyche accidentally dropped oil from her lamp on Eros' shoulder horribly burning him.
Upon arriving at Aphrodite's palace, Psyche was whipped and burned before brought before the goddess of beauty who upon seeing Psyche's pregnant state mocked her and beat her then told Psyche the only way she could earn the attention of a husband is through laborious tasks. Aphrodite told Psyche to retrieve some of the wool to make a shirt with. Psyche was a mortal woman who was turned into the goddess of the soul in Greek mythology.
Giuseppe Crespi (1665–1747) - PD-art-100, Cupid and Psyche - Psyche was a mortal woman who was turned into the goddess of the soul in Greek mythology. When she arrived she realized what her sisters had done. Psyche grabbed hold of her husband and held as tight as she could as long as she could eventually landing in a field and then Eros took flight to go to his mother and get healed. Upon their return to the mountain top, her sisters complained to one another about how horrible their own marriages were and that it was unfair that while they were treated as no better than maidservants in their own homes, their younger sister lived a life of luxury. He, flitting on wings aloft, makes all things smart, plaguing each moving thing with torch and dart.
Psyche left the temple and eventually came to the presence yet another temple (this one belonging to Hera). Psykhe was then immortalized, given a pair of butterfly wings and became the Goddess of the Human Soul. If it be true then Psyche should kill it. Aphrodite then set off for a wedding. Psyche asked for help saying she knew Hera showed help to pregnant women who needed aid.
The Wedding of Psyche - Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) - PD-art-100, The Abduction of Psyche -
A Seagull arrived at the Ocean and sought out Aphrodite where she was told that her son had been gravely wounded. Eros warned Psyche that she could not look upon him, for the result would be the ruin of them both. When she approached she saw how violent the sheep were and that they had poisonous breath.
Renounce all hope that one of mortal stock can be your son-in-law, for she shall wed a fierce, barbaric, snake-like monster. Thus Psyche was hidden away in the palace away from prying eyes, but Eros also could not reveal who he was to Psyche, thus Eros only came to Psyche at night, when the princess could not see who her lover was.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) - PD-art-100, Cupid and Psyche -
Psyche (alternatively spelt as Psykhe, Ancient Greek: Ψυχη, ), is the Greek Goddess of the Soul, she is the consort of Eros and mother of Hedone. Psyche with no hope decided to drown herself in the waters of a nearby stream.
Rather than being pleased Aphrodite angrily said "this is not thine work."