2. THE KINGDOM OF GREECE _ IN THE
T IME OF LEGENDS AND FABLES.
A CIT Y POSIT IONED ON TOP OF
GREAT CLIFFS THAT LOOK OUT
OVER A CERULEAN BLUE OCEAN.
THE HOME OF CRO THEUS
AND CYPHONE AND THEIR
THREE CHILDREN.
...SHE’S
BEEN IN ONE
OF THOSE
MOODS.
I UNDERSTAND.
SHE’S A TEEN AGER.
AT HER AGE, GIRLS
ARE OFTEN IN ONE
OF THOSE MOODS.
GOOD DAY,
AR TEALLO. I A M HERE
FOR ASPYRITUS’S
TUTORING SESSION.
OF COURSE,
MILADY. BUT I
FEEL I SHOULD
…
WARN YOU…
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3. ASPYRITUS?
WHERE ARE
YOU?
ASPYRITUS? IT’S
DEMIAR T IES.
ARE YOU
AWARE OF THE
T IME?
YES, I A M,
BUT I DO NO T WANT
TO GET UP AND SEE
THE MORNING
LIGHT.
DO YOU
PLAN TO SLEEP
THE DAY AWAY
THEN?
ARE YOU
INSIDE,
ASPYRITUS?
I’M COMING
IN.
OUT OF BED.
M AKE YOURSELF
PRESENTABLE.
I WILL GIVE
YOU MY QUAR TER
HOURGLASS TO
JOIN ME.
OR WHAT ?
I WILL BE
IN THE SOUTH
GARDEN.
OR I INFORM
YOUR PARENTS
THAT YOU ARE
WAST ING MY
T IME.
IT IS A LOVELY
DAY. BIRDS ARE SINGING.
THE BREEZE IS SUBLIME.
THE FLOWERS ARE IN
BLOOM. IT IS A FINE DAY TO
TAKE A LESSON OUT DOORS.
AND TODAY, WE SHALL
DO THAT.
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4. AH, THERE
SHE IS. A
VISION WOR THY
OF APHRODITE
HERSELF.
NO T MUCH
SAND LEFT IN THE
HOURGLASS, MY DEAR.
YOU WERE CUT T ING
IT CLOSE.
CRO THEUS
AND CYPHONE’S
BEA UT IFUL
AND R ADIANT
DA UGHTER.
I TAKE
IT YOU HAD A
SLEEPLESS
NIGHT ?
YES, BUT I
DON’T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IT.
TOO BAD. DO
YOU THINK YOU
ARE THE ONLY
PERSON WHO HAS
PROBLEMS?
PROBLEMS WITH
PROMILION?
WHO TOLD
YOU?
EVERYONE
IS TALKING
ABOUT IT.
SHE SAYS
I’M NO T GOOD
ENOUGH FOR HIM.
SHE DOESN’T
WANT ME TO
SEE HIM.
I WANT TO TELL
YOU A STORY OF ROM ANCE,
T RUST, SEPAR ATIONS, SECOND
CHANCES, AND A VERY POWERFUL,
DISAPPROVING MO THER.
I UNDERSTAND.
AND I SYMPATHISE.
TAKE TWO
PROMINENT FA MILIES.
HAVE TWO YOUNG MEMBERS
OF THE FA MILIES BE IN LOVE.
ADD IN A DISAPPROVING
MO THER WHO WANTS TO
KEEP THEM APAR T…
I WAS THINKING
ABOUT WHAT LESSON
WE SHOULD COVER
TODAY. AND THEN IT
DAWNED UPON ME.
I WANT
TO TELL YOU A
STORY ABOUT A GIRL
N A MED PSYCHE…
…THAT IS A
TALE AS OLD AS
T IME ITSELF.
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5. PSYCHE LIVED IN THE T IME OF
THE MYTHS AFTER APOLLO HAD
SLAIN PYTHON, BUT BEFORE THE
GREAT WAR OVER HELEN.
THE YOUNGEST OF THREE DA UGHTERS,
SHE WAS DESCENDED FROM ROYALT Y.
HER FATHER WAS A WISE AND NOBLE
KING, LOVED BY HIS PEOPLE.
ALL OF THE KING’S DA UGHTERS
POSSESSED A M AZING BEA UT Y.
BUT TO GAZE UPON PSYCHE WAS
TO GAZE UPON PERFECT ION.
NO MOR TAL IN HISTORY COULD
M ATCH HER LOVELINESS.
FOR ALL HER ROYAL STATURE AND
PHYSICAL BEA UT Y, PSYCHE WAS
ST ILL A WOM AN OF THE PEOPLE.
SHE WAS AS KIND AND
PERSON ABLE AS SHE
WAS BEA UT IFUL.
SHE WOULD HUNT, SWIM, AND
RUN A MONGST THE HILLS IN THE
COUNT RYSIDE. SHE WAS A PRINCESS
THE PEOPLE COULD BE PROUD OF.
UNLIKE O THER MEMBERS OF ROYALT Y, PSYCHE
WOULD MINGLE A MONGST THE COMMONERS _
MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF HER FATHER.
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6. PEOPLE WOULD COME
FOR MILES TO CATCH A
GLIMPSE OF HER BEA UT Y.
WHO IS
SHE? I’VE NEVER
SEEN SUCH
BEA UT Y.
SHE IS
THE KING’S
DA UGHTER.
SO SHE LIVED A LIFE WHERE
MEN FELL AT HER FEET ? WHAT
IS SO BAD ABOUT THAT ?
BECA USE, ASPYRITUS, ALL THEY WOULD
DO IS LOOK AND STARE AND GAPE. NONE
WOULD ENGAGE HER IN CONVERSAT IONS
OF PHILOSOPHY OR AR T OR HISTORY.
SOME SAID THAT PSYCHE’S
BEA UT Y CA USED AT TENDANCE IN
APHRODITE’S TEMPLE TO DECREASE.
I’VE NEVER
SEEN SUCH
LOVELINESS.
PEOPLE HEAPED PR AISES ON PSYCHE
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESERVED
FOR THE GODDESS OF BEA UT Y.
THEY SAW ONLY HER PHYSICAL
BEA UT Y AND NO T THE REAL PSYCHE.
IT WAS A FA CT NO T
LOST ON PSYCHE.
APHRODITE,
MY GODDESS OF
BEA UT Y, I MUST
ASK… WHY?
WHY DO YOU
GIVE ME ALL THIS
BEA UT Y, BUT DO NO T
LET ANYONE LOVE
THE REAL ME?
CAN YOUR
SON’S ARROWS
NO T FIND A HEAR T
TO PIERCE IN MY
N A ME?
IT WAS ALSO A FA CT
NO T LOST ON O THERS.
POWERFUL O THERS…
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