Review of Cupid and Psyche
The classical and biblical unit
started out great! I enjoyed reading
Cupid and Psyche as my choice for the first week of readings. I am glad that the stories were excerpts from
the novel, The Golden Ass. I have read the novel before but I enjoy how
the novel itself incorporates the love story of Cupid and Psyche.
There were several stories that I
enjoyed more than others. I loved the
introduction stories, “The Captive Woman” and “Her Dream.” These two stories engaged me as a reader by helping
me have empathy for the kidnapped girl.
I also really enjoyed “The Oracle of Apollo”. This story was a very unexpected twist in the
Cupid and Psyche story. Most of the time
the beautiful characters are wanted by all people but in this story, Psyche is
portrayed as the most beautiful being but no one wants to wed her.
The stories about the task that
Venus asks Psyche to perform were my least favorite of the reading. “Psyche’s Task” and “The Third Task” were not
as eventful as the other readings. I
lost interest and was ready for something more exciting to happen. I was overwhelmed with the descriptions the
gods were giving Psyche to accomplish the task and there was also no exciting
reaction from Venus when Psyche accomplished the tasks.
I thought that the reading picked up perfectly
with “The Captive Woman.” If there was
more background information of The Golden
Ass then they may be of some help to those who have never read the
novel. However, even though I have read
the novel I felt that the stories flowed nicely from beginning to end. I think
this story is easy to follow for the most part.
The only aspect of Cupid and Psyche that I tend to get lost in is the
different gods and goddesses that are mentioned throughout the stories. It
would be helpful if notes were provided on which god is speaking and also what
they are worshiped for. I do not think
that more information needs to be provided on things to consider when choosing
this unit. It was recommended to not
read Cupid and Psyche if you were on a time crunch, which I agree with.
I have always loved reading Greek
mythology readings. However, I have not
read many since I have been in college.
I look forward to the options of more Greek readings in order to refresh
my knowledge of the powerful and beautifully written myths.
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