Cupid, the Roman god of love, fell in love with the mortal princess Psyche. Jealous of Psyche’s beauty, Cupid’s mother, Venus, commanded him to cause Psyche to fall in love with the most despicable of men. Instead Cupid placed Psyche in a remote palace where he could visit her secretly and in total darkness. One night Psyche lit a lamp and found that the figure at her side was the god of love himself. Awakened by a drop of oil that fell from the lamp and burned him, Cupid reproached Psyche and fled. Venus then imposed several difficult tasks on the distraught Psyche. Finally, Cupid rescued and married Psyche.
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