This document discusses the characters and setting in the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche. It introduces the main characters including Cupid, Psyche, Aphrodite, Zeus, and Hades. It describes Cupid as a boy god who cannot age or die. Psyche is a beautiful mortal woman. Aphrodite is Cupid's mother and the goddess of love who disapproves of Psyche. Zeus is the king of the gods and Hades rules the underworld. It also mentions Mount Olympus as the home of the gods. The story outline and characters provide context for the myth of Cupid and Psyche.

1. CUPID
AND
PSYCHE

2. VOCABULARY WORDS:
•BETRAY -to give aid or information to an
enemy of; commit treason against:To
deliver into the hands of an enemy in
violation of a trust or allegiance.
•GAZE -describe a condition where the
mature autonomous subject observes "the
observation of himself" in a mirror.

3. VOCABULARY WORDS:
 •HUMMING -is a sound made by humming a
wordless tone with the mouth completely
closed, forcing the sound to emerge from the
nose. To hum is to produce such a sound,
most often with a melody.
 •ORACLE -was a person or agency
considered to be a source of wise counsel or
prophetic opinion, predictions or precognition
of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it
is a form of divination.

4. VOCABULARY WORDS:
 •PENNY -is a coin (pl. pennies) or a type of currency
(pl. pence) used in several English-speaking countries.
It is often the smallest denomination within a currency
system.
 •PLUNGE -a type of waterfall.
 •STXY -"hate" and "detestation".
 •SUMMONED –a call to appear; conjuration; in
traditional and most contemporary usage refers to a
magical act of invoking spirits or using incantations or

5. VOCABULARY WORDS:
 •TOMB –is a repository for the remains
of the dead. It is generally any
structurally enclosed interment space or
burial chamber, of varying sizes.
 •WANDER –to ramble with no definite
destination; to go astray; to lose
concentration

6. GREEK MYTHS
The Outline of the story
Cupid and Psyche
The story of cupid and psyche is
one of the most famous Greek
myths. We will look at some of the
main characters of the story

7. CHARACTERS:
This is one of
the main
characters. His
name is Cupid
(Eros). He is a
boy and will
never become
older as he is a
god who cannot
die (immortal)

8. CHARACTERS:
This is Cupid in love with
his girl friend Psyche.
Psyche is not a god; she
is just a normal human.
Nonetheless, she is very
beautiful.

9. GREEK MYTHS
This is Cupid’s mother. Her
name is Aphrodite
(Venus). She is just like
most mothers and does
not think that Cupid’s
new girl friend is good
enough for her only son.
She is the God of ?
a) Fun
b) not wearing cloths
c) love

10. CHARACTERS:
This is Cupid’s father
Mars. Do you know what
he is the (Ares) god of?
a) Games b) War c) funny
hats
Mars does not really care
about what his son does.
He probably just wants
his son to be happy.

11. CHARACTERS:
This is the god Hermes. He is the king of
gods son and is very naughty. His job is
to give messages to people and other
gods from his father, Zeus.
Because Hermes is a naughty god, what
kinds of people do you think Hermes
likes to help?
a) Soldiers
b) Government officials
c) Thieves (people who steal things)
d) Artists
e) Bankers

12.  The answer is
thieves and artists.
He also likes to help
travelers and any
kinds of people that
are naughty or
interesting in some
way.
GREEK MYTHS

13. CHARACTERS: This is the King of all Gods Zeus.
Zeus tries to do the good and the
right thing.
However, Zeus is usually very
naughty
Zeus’s wife always catches him
with other men and gives him lots
of trouble when he gets back
home.
Basically, most of the Greek Gods
are naughty. There are only a few
serious ones around

14. CHARACTERS:
 This is Zeus’s
brother Hades.
He is the god of
the underworld
(where many of
the dead, ancient
Greeks believe,
go for a while)

15. CHARACTERS:
This is Hade's beautiful
wife Persephone .
Cupid’s mother Aphrodite
makes poor psyche
(Cupids girl friend) go to
find Persephone in the
under world to get a little of
her beauty. Aphrodite
wants it because she
always wants to be more
beautiful.

16. SETTINGS: MT.OLYMPUS
Where the Gods and Goddesses
live.

17. THINK IT OVER
Who are the three lovely maidens?
-There were no names told about
Psyche's sisters. One of the
maidens was Psyche.
Who is the loveliest of the three?
-It was Psyche.

18. THINK IT OVER
 Why is Pysche not loved? And what did
she do to them?
-Pysche was adored and admired, but
not loved. Because the men who
admires her doesn't want her to their
wife. They wouldn't go to that extent of
having Psyche as their wife.

19. THINK IT OVER
 What happened to Cupid?
-If you have already read the story of Cupid
and Psyche, Cupid was ordered by his
mother, Aphrodite (Venus), to make Psyche
fall in love with a hideous creature. Cupid
quickly answered his mother's request and
went to Psyche. Just as he saw Psyche
sleeping, Cupid was captivated by Psyche's
beauty and scratched himself with his arrow
instead, thus, he fell in love with Psyche.

20. THINK IT OVER
 What are the labors done by Psyche?
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21. THINK IT OVER
 What are the labors done by Psyche?
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22. -THE
END-

23. CONTRIBUTED BY:
GROUP TWO
4TH YEAR
ST.JOHN BOSCO
SY: 2010-2011