This is going to be awfully hard. I pretty much have to make it up!! A story from my Greek Mythology book. This is in Aphrodite's point of view. She's the easiest because she plays one of the big parts. lol
Once there was a King and Queen who had three daughters but everyone thought Psyche was the most beautiful of all of them. And everyone thought she was Aphrodite in her mortal form. After she was born everyone stopped worshiping Aphrodite and started worshiping Psyche. Which made Aphrodite SO angry that she obviously was thought not to be the most beautiful women anymore.
Aphrodite was completely ignored, she had Eros, her son. To use his bow and arrows to make Psyche fall in love with the lowest, uglyest, most terrible mortal on Earth. Meanwhile, Psyche's parents were consulting the Delphic oracle for help all he said was "Place the girl on a high cliff dressed for her funeral. Your son-in-law will not be human."
Aphrodite waited for Psyche to climb upon the cliff, Eros was in a canyon near the cliff to strike Psyche with his bow and arrow. She watched as Psyche was carried by Zephyr, the west wind. Aphrodite turned away to tend to her duties, she knew that Psyche was already going to get struck, and she would regret her beauty and everyone would worship Aphrodite again.
Aphrodite hadn't seen her son in months soon she figures out that Psyche nearly killed her son thinking that he was a monster! Aphrodite's anger already rose to boiling, Eros struck himself with an arrow by accident and he fell in love with Psyche!! Soon Psyche comes to her and says she wants Eros back but Eros was sick and Aphrodite decided she could get rid of her by sending her to the river bank where the sheep with golden wool were grazing at. "Give me the golden wool from the sheep as part of your punishment." Aphrodite commanded. Psyche did it all wrong, she had help, so Aphrodite threw her a dry crust of bread as her dinner.
The nest task was to fill a jar with water from a stream in the Underworld. Instead she got help from Zeus's eagle and she had Psyche do another task for her.
Aphrodite gave Psyche to go down to the underworld and fill a box from Persephone for some beauty. Psyche went to Persephone and but the beauty in the box and told Psyche not to open it, but she did and and she joins the Underworld, in a deep sleep forever.
Now, Eros has recovered from his wound. Longing to see Psyche again, he flew out with his fully refreshed wings and found Psyche and revived her, then he brought her to Zeus to ask if he can marry her, then he confronts with his mother, who eventually gave in. Then, Aphrodite had a granddaughter named Pleasure.
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