Cupid & Psyche: Literature's First HEA
Everything has to have a first, including happily ever afters (HEAs). The love story of Cupid & Psyche is noted to be literature's first fairy-tale. Elements within the story influence tales such as Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. Shakespeare also drew on elements from the tale for his M idsummer Night's Dream . The story of Cupid & Psyche itself is cleverly embedded within a larger story, called Metamorphoses (which was also called The Golden Ass ), written by Roman author Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis in 2nd century AD. Cupid & Psyche's story is one of overcoming obstacles with a heavy dose of soap-opera drama. You know those fickle, attention-greedy mythological gods. Cupid & Psyche's Story: The First Happily Ever After Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss by Antonio Canova (my own photo) The general plot goes something like this: Psyche is gorgeous and Venus is jelly. She sends her son Cupid to make Psyche fal...