The goddess Aphrodite (in Roman mythology,
Venus), jealous of the beauty of a mortal
woman named Psyche, asked her son Eros (in
Roman mythology, Cupid) to use his golden
arrows to cause Psyche to fall in love with
the ugliest man on earth. Eros agreed but
then fell in love with Psyche on his own,
or by accidentally pricking himself with a
golden arrow.
