Poseidon

The story begins before the birth of either Andromeda au Perseus. In the land of Argolis there was a great warrior-king named Abas. He was a man so mighty that even after he died the sight of his shield would send rebels to the royal house scattering in fear. He had two twin sons to whom he gave the responsibility of ruling the kingdom. He charged that they should each rule a year, and then switch. But the twins, Acrisius and Proetus, weren't content with this arrangement, and when Acrisius refused to give up the kiti cha enzi at the end of his term, Proetus launched a bloody assualt on the kingdom....

The name "Psyche" means "Soul" and her union with Eros (aka Cupid) tells the story of how upendo and Soul came to be together. kwa the way, this story is Roman, not Greek, but it works just as well with the Greek, so that is how I shall tell it. This myth had an enormous impact on fairy tales for the inayofuata couple of thousand years.

Long, long zamani a king had three daughters. Psyche, who was the youngest of the three daughters, was so incredibly beautiful that people in her village and outlying areas STOPPED praying to Aphrodite, taking Psyche for the Goddess of Beauty instead. That wasn't too good,...