The first time and the old times had a king and a queen who began developing three daughters. It was beautiful and enviable, but among them stood the Soul, the smallest, with such rare beauty of the fame of it reached to the ends of the world. They said, that the goddess Aphrodite, the daughter of Oceanus that emerged from the waves, left Olympus and came to the side for people to enjoy their prices. Others believed that the earth did a new Venus, a flower virginity and grace. Of all the places travelers and navigators come to honor the unique mortal without risks to be considered, only to send the respect and prayer. Gradually the Knidos and Paphos deserted; no one goes to worship the goddess Kythireia. The ceremonies are neglected, the statues of living astefanota, there are sacrifices and altars now covers cold ashes. The prayers and sacrifices are now directed at the young princess, who traverse the streets when people worship the tine and sprinkled with flowers. The prices of these divine angers Aphrodite, the mother of Eros. "Nature, he says, and all live in my mind owe their birth. He unfairly shepherd, Zeus who praised its discretion, chose me from the other two goddesses? This mortal, whatever, will not be happy for very fast rates; beauty will turn in both salt and fat tear. " Run, the cries of the winged son, that bold and unrestrained child with his arrows spreads everywhere the riot. The leading city of the princess: -My child, I conjure thee in the fiery passions that burns STON people's hearts, to avenge your mother do this; the mortal to love passionately the most insignificant man is. Thus spoke and feet touching the minutes of the sea, the Nereids were presented with the songs and Tritons swimming kopadiasta; blowing straight to a seashell, another clam drags the lady, another picks up the tail psarisia not to burn the sun and all; together to welcome and lead on the waves as the palace of the Ocean. The Sisters of Soul, one after another, get married, but one that no mortal dares to seek them in marriage. So the father went to Miletus, the oracle of Apollo; sacrifice and ask God to reveal a wife for his small daughter. And God gives prophecy: -The soul, adorned with nyfiatika accursed marriage, to let the edge of a mountain. Do not expect to 'find a mortal husband. We come to getting tine winged monster who fights with iron and fire. Strong hits the jar Hades, the seas, the heavens. The king bent forward in the destiny of the Soul and the palace from end to end achologaei lamentations. Are the wedding preparations, lit the candles ymenaiou, which will now illuminate the funeral of his daughter; the flutes sound and the whole sad state plunged into mourning. While the funeral procession draws the path of the parents stand indecisive and utterly sad. Then turning his daughter and says: -Why tyrannical with useless regrets? Why pull your hair and face and chest bleeds with grief diminishes your life, which is named more dear than my own? Alas! Here is the good that is offered you my beauty. What kind of my gifts' given by God as a new named Venus? Then had to grieve, because this name is the cause of my destruction. So go with the damn rock; look forward to my taste the happy marriage, to know why; glorious wife to escape with the one doin? The daughter silent and steady step reaches the craggy peak. They put close to the wedding altar, then, all take their silent way back. From now on, parents digest the dark palaces. The soul trembles with fear and nibbles at the edge of the cliff, when suddenly the caressing breeze of Zephyr, the waving of a tunic, a slight lift, transfer it to the foot of the mountain and apithonei soft in the flowery grass. Then trickle in sweet sleep the eyelids. When you wake up, he sees in front of a thick forest and beside a magnificent palace, which do not seem to be built by human hands. All testify that housing is a god. The golden ivory columns with capitals, colorful paintings covering the walls, floor with precious gems. The Soul boggling front of this glorious palace; but boldly crosses the threshold to the promenade, without any guard encounters, only heard a voice saying: -Welcome to Welcome! All are yours; from now you're the lady of the palace so. If you want to go to bed or lie commanded to prepare your bath. We are here to serve. I'll help you get dressed and prepare for you delicious food. The soul known rest listening to this voice, and the bath relaxes tired members. After finding a table and sits ready to eat with pleasure. Not seeing anyone, just listen to the voices of people who serve the finest wines and dishes change with the most delicious fagia. After lunch some of the melodic singing escorted by invisible guitar, then the whole choir fills the ears of. The Soul And when night falls lie on well hearing the side of a sweet voice.Scary, but too late; the husband, the monster of the oracle said, slipping sideways and her daughter becomes his wife. At dawn he goes away from her and come back the voices to prepare the awakening nionyfis: Hail, nymph, hail, bridegroom Olvio Thee especially true marriage, as executor arao ' if you are not a virgin arao. In this way the days pass, spend the nights and Soul wont invisible husband and the voices keep you company. Her parents, however, languish in grief and the two sisters left their homes and go to the console. One night, the invisible husband says the Soul: Beware-Beloved! The sisters, who lost to think, will come to the edge of the mountain. If we get here to cry, do not answer, because they bring us misfortune. And while the promise, the dawn he is gone, the soul gets to cry: -Oh! got lost. Languish in this prison without the brilliant people and I see no hope to ever see my sisters. All day refuses to eat or bathe only sparachtika crying. That night begs her husband to let her see her sisters. And he's the promise and even tells her to give them lavish gifts, only one thing to ask: do not bend in front of curiosity and wanting to see his face. Why this sacrilegious curiosity will make him lose forever. And the Soul answered: -Better to die a thousand times than to hurt our love. Whatever you're in love and named more than the god Eros. But please, ordered the Zephyr to go to the rock and bring my sisters here. He accepts browning and when the dawn is lost from the side of like every morning. The Sisters of Soul is a rock and cry and beat their breasts for the hapless sister; shout her name and the echo brings the ears of the plaintive voices. Soul calls the Zephyr, who willingly brings to her sisters. Hugging and tears are now fine. But when the sisters see the grand palace and enjoy the baths and exquisite meals, ask for the name, form and the generation of a grand household. The Soul remembers the words of her husband and keeps the secret; says he is young he loves hunting, so wandering in the mountains. Then, laden with precious gifts, gold jewelry and diamantopetres calls the Zephyr, which leads them back to rock. Now the sisters tyrannical of envy for the wealth and happiness of the soul.Curse the fate that gave them old men and ugly and not her own golden chance. And the evil of envy increases and poisons, and how to devise plans lavosoune happiness of their sisters. But the man every night of the soul warns: -Beloved, the sisters in envy and ask to see my face. If you keep our secret, the child who now carry in your womb will become immortal. But if you seek them to know me, will follow the fate of mortals. The soul fills with joy and pride that will make mom and moskomyrismena oath in the hair, the minutes revealed in the person's fingers, to keep her promise; but to leave once more to shake her sisters in arms. And him wiping tears with rich hair, bends and disappears out of love. Thus, the two jealous sisters come back to the palace of the Soul with bulimia can learn details but more to the doubt and dripping venom. Ask her again and again who is the husband and At that order not to testify, but forgetting what he had said, says he is a merchant, mature age, and lack of jobs. -Oh! poor sister! How you're innocent and ignorant of the calamity which is coming straight at you ... Your husband is a huge snake; remember the oracle of Apollo, said he would marry a monster. Many hunters around here saw it last night to swim Sometimes it may rain in the river. Well hidden from the darkness, slips each evening by your side, waiting to be fattened to eat you, ERC and the kid ... The soul, like gullible, responding to the voice faded: -My dear sisters, lie down at night with a man she did not ever saw his face, only his voice I know. He says that if you seek them to see him, I'd very widespread disaster. Tell me what to do and I will follow. Then he, seeing so much naivete, saying: -Take a good sharp blade and hide in the bed. Put plenty of oil in the lamp to shine well. Once the monster asleep, cut with the blade head. We will run to you to collect all the treasures and then give you a worthy husband, like our own men. They said too much to the wiles Soul and just before nightfall, the Zephyr brought them back to the rock. She came and her husband gave her as an exquisite pleasure, deep asleep.Then she gets up, lights the lamp and comes to see his face, and sees what? In Love him! It shines the light of oil lamp on the blonde's hair which scent on wings that grow on the shoulders and all over her body resting filled with grace and beauty. This is the pride and glory of Venus. On the pillar of the bed hung his bow and his quiver of arrows. Touching the Soul bleeds unwillingly her finger and once hurt by love for him Eros. Bends and katafilei, no flickering ... awaken TONE But as it ages the lamp, dripping a drop of hot oil on the shoulder of the god. Love awakens in pain and angry about the betrayal flies away. Stands only for a moment at the top opposite cypress and says: Weak-Soul! I did not hear the command of my mother and I was wounded by your beauty. But you did not keep your word, and now I'm leaving for good from you. The Soul sees him losing and desperate go to the neighboring river, the decision to go in to drown. But the god of the river did not leave, take the feather in his hands and touches the shore. There, to riverside sits the god Pan with tragisia feet; plays the syringe and the kids around him jump around. As he sees the Soul, inviting softly and says: Let the hard-plan of death calmed his deep sorrow and pray to love. It's sensual and sensitive, and perfect obedience you will soften. Love with the wound from the hot oil on his shoulder, lie in the palace of his mother. A seagull dives into the sea and go to find Venus bathed in the depths of the ocean. She says her son is wounded and hurt, and that while he was on the mountain with a mortal and his mother with the waves glentokopa, people have forgotten the joy. Were heartless and cruel and lost the friendship between them and paternal affection. There they issue a joyful weddings and gatherings just going in the disaster. With this wordy way blamed the gull Eros and Venus hearing that her son loved mortal maniazei of anger and jealousy; pops out of the depths of the ocean and go straight to the palace. How-To punish this rogue, monologue. Only the wisdom can help. N 'the empty quiver, arrows to break, loosen the bow and extinguish the torch, so that plantaxei of deprivation. And I'll cut to the blonde curls and pluck the feathers, which so often stroked and sprayed with nectar. Then approaching her, Demeter and Hera and ask what is running. And explains the two goddesses tremble from the arrows of love, answered: Oh, goddess, why ask the misery of a daughter? Is therefore a crime your son loved mortal? But Venus fourkismeni, turns his back and did not answered. The soul walks day and night, night and day katapeinasmeni, katadipsasmeni without closed eye. Once he sees an altar, on a peak and go in there. Finds wreaths woven wheat barley, oats and bales like sickles give up the reapers. Gets to clean up because it is disrespectful to neglect the worship of a god.Then approaching the Demeter and says: Soul-miserable, how to escape the wrath of Aphrodite? In searching everywhere. -Oh! to conjure, says the soul, the hand that scatters plenty on the mower cheerful feasts, the sacred mysteries, the chariot pulling your winged dragons, let me hide for a few days behind the ears and keep it fizzled Venus. -The tears broke my heart, says Demeter, but I have blood ties and friendship with Venus. So get out away from the altar and I Keep instance, that leaves free. Persecuted the Soul continues its way and a little later, in a forest, he meets another altar laden with rich gifts: gold-embroidered robes spread on tree branches and over the altar, which is written his name and miracles of Goddess. The Soul kneels, embraces the altar and prays: -Woman and sister of Zeus, you who dwell in the holy protectress Juno Samos; that pregnant women there, help me, do not let n 'perish. Hera is presented with all the pomp and says: -I, Soul, to listen to your pleading but does not allow the relationship with my daughter Venus and even the law that prohibits giving asylum to a fugitive against the will of the Kiris. Venus tired n 'Soul looks on earth, think goes up to heaven with chariot of gold created by Hephaestus first of their marriage. Four pigeons of different colors and bendable neck go to their heads diamantokollito yoke and playful rip ether with glittering chariot of the lady. Sparrows fly xopiso chatty and thousands of myriad winged herald the coming singers. The clouds aside, the sky opens and the Olympus welcomes the Goddess. She walks to the palace of Zeus and ask permission to take awhile messenger Hermes. He says, therefore, to have cried out from end to end, it will richly reward those who give the story hidden in the soul. After pulling the palace. The dialalismos Mercury reaches the ears of the soul of the nun delivered to the Goddess. She just sees it breaks out into loud laughter, a sign of fierce anger. Poured over, its tearing the robe, uproots the hair, the skin t 'pretty face, then piano and mixes oats, barley and wheat, millet, chickpeas and lentils, makes a huge pile and asks her to evening to distinguish . The Soul stands do nothing until the approaching an ant. He tells her not to fear and telepsei that work together with his comrades. Then cry all the ants: Hard working children in the land run, run, run to help his beautiful daughter. As waves that clutter, ants rushing together and separate the seeds, making new piles of each type separately. Then, pull the nests. Venus goes from wedding adorned with roses and drunk nectar. He sees the finished work, throwing a pittance Soul and go to bed. Eros and Psyche imprisoned separately beneath the same roof, they crave each other and the whole dipped in black sorrow. The next day Venus asks another test from the Soul: -You see him on the banks of the river the forest? Where golden sheep graze; I want to bring me their wool and hair not miss either! The Soul go to fall in the river to escape once and for all from suffering, but a reed with the sweet breath of the whispering Zephyros: -Oh! Soul not infected with the death of my sacred waters. When the sun throws the hot rays inaccessible freniasmena lambs with hard forehead and pointy horns, because the touch is ghastly. Stay hidden and when the sun is bent and gathered the animals to perch, you'll find plenty in the woods wool, leaving when passing the bushes. So could the Soul to glean plenty from the precious wool and to go to Venus.But instead of that soft, with a bitter smile third test asks: -You see the rock on top of that mountain? Sources are underground rivers that run to click and pour the dark waters in the marshes of Styx. Go bring me than what the water within it or else the pitcher; terrible tortures are waiting. The Soul is approaching the source that the two dragons Sleepless guard day and night. Then listens for the waters to mutter: I'm leaving, pull, disappeared. Stand still as a stone; and comes the eagle of Jupiter opens its wings over and says: -I never heard about the terrible waters of Styx, which in this Zeus and other gods swear to? Do not approach him; nun give me the pitcher. So with the help of the eagle brings the soul to Aphrodite filled the pitcher. But she sends it to another tougher test: -Take this box and the brink of hell, as the palace of Pluto; give it to Persephone and tell her, "Venus please send it to some of the ointment of your beauty." Soul understands that the push to death without hesitation and go to a castle be demolished from below and found in Hades. But listening to the voice of the Castle: Soul-unhappy, what are you doing? The way you doing to go to Hades not return. Close to Lacedaemon is Tenaro, wide window of Hades, and 'text a hidden path takes you to the palace of Pluto. Be careful though, to get you have to have a hand in every kritharopita of honey and two obols mouth. On the road you will find a lame mule drivers dragging a lame donkey; will ask you to pick something fallen timbers. You can overtake without saying a word.Just below will answer the river where Charon, after getting the reward of the dead goes to the other side. Let the peratari to get out of your mouth one obol. Upon cross the river you will see something old women to weave; will plead to help; careful not to touch their handiwork. Finally, in front of the palace of Persephone wake a dog with three heads with the screams of frightened souls. Rix 'of one pie, and passed through and will reach the Goddess will kalodechtei and will invite a rich table. You sat on the ground and ask the black bread. Then tell her the order of Venus and take what you give.Returning, take Cerberus to the other cake and paid Charon to second obol.Beware, however good, will not receive and open the box that will give you the Goddess, because you disappeared. Not long lost the soul, takes what she needs for the trip, and rammed in the basement gulch. He meets everything he told Castle that reaches up Persephone and says the custom of Venus. She secretly fills the box and gives it. Faithfully following the instructions, Psyche turns the same way and arrives sometime in the light of day; then seizes the curiosity to try Akratitos divine ointment. Opens the box and comes out through a soporific vapor envelops the whole, members of numb and plunges into a dark sleep, similar to death. Love has healed in between. Runs away from the window and with a quick throw goes near his beloved. Gathers sleep and closes again in the box. After waking up to the light kentontas with one of the arrow: -Poor Soul, for the second time despite your curiosity while to destroy. Hurry up and finish the order of my mother and the other to let me. He flies high and fast fast Psyche goes to Venus box. Love comes in Olympus and thrown at the feet of the father of the gods, asking for help. Zeus then invite all the gods, and announces that blesses the marriage of love with the mortal. Then sends Mercury to bring Psyche to Olympus and after the offer of a cup of ambrosia says: Construed undying love; not ever separated from you. The Ymenaios join you forever. Without delay, they set up the grand banquet table for the wedding. Love and Soul seated at the head of the table come and Zeus with Hera and all the Gods in the classroom. The Priest of Jupiter, Ganymede, Cairns nectar of Bacchus offers plenty to immortals. Hephaestus prepares fagia, times adorned with flowers all around, the Graces scatter thousands of smells and the Muses poured harmonious voices. Apollo plays his lyre, a Satyr Pan flute and the flute; the nine sisters in dance. So Love and the Soul united forever and soon after their marriage was born a daughter named it Pleasure. And they lived and will live forever within the narratives of people ... Adaptation: Agnes Stroumbouli Source:
"The Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass" APOULIIOS second century. AD
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