Metamorphoses: Play - Scene Seven – Eros and Psyche Summary & Analysis

Mary Zimmerman
This Study Guide consists of approximately 55 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Metamorphoses.

Metamorphoses: Play - Scene Seven – Eros and Psyche Summary & Analysis

Mary Zimmerman
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Summary

During the transition from the previous scene, a raft is placed on the water. Q and A appear and sit kitty-corner from each other on the deck. As they talk, the god Eros appears – “winged, naked, blindfolded, and carrying a golden arrow” (68) – and eventually lies on the raft.

In dialogue, Q and A recount the story of Eros and Psyche: Psyche (which means “the soul”) was married to Eros (the god of love), who is always depicted as blindfolded “to show how he takes away our ordinary vision, our mistaken vision, that depends on the appearance of things” (69). When discussing how they met, it was relayed that Psyche's beauty made Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty) jealous of her. Aphrodite sent her son Eros to punish Psyche, but he ended up falling in love with her instead. Eros insisted upon...

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