The myths about this woman mostly stem from an episode in The Golden Ass, as original Greek traditions describe her as the butterfly wing-sporting goddess of the soul.
This figure pulled golden wool from brambles and ants helped her to sort seeds cast on the floor by her jealous mother-in-law. An eagle helped this figure obtain a pitcher of water from the origin of the river Styx, while a talking tower told this figure to give a barley cake to Cerberus on her trip to visit Persephone. This woman dripped burning lamp oil on her husband, the father of her child (*) Hedone. She jumped off a cliff and was carried to a beautiful palace by the West Wind where she was waited on by invisible servants, but persuaded by her jealous sisters to look at her husband as he slept. This woman was compared to the goddess of love, invoking the anger of Aphrodite, her mother-in-law. The myths about this woman mostly stem from an episode in The Golden Ass, as original Greek traditions describe her as the butterfly wing-sporting goddess of the soul. For 10 points, name this figure who everyone at least agrees was the lover of Eros, or Cupid.
This figure pulled golden wool from brambles and ants helped her to sort seeds cast on the floor by her jealous mother-in-law.
Psyche 