shocked/outbeaten
Psyche must accomplish various tasks set by Venus, including sorting a pile of mixed grains, collecting golden fleece from fierce rams, and fetching water from a treacherous river. With the help of supernatural beings and objects, such as ants and a reed that provides advice, Psyche successfully completes each task.
Venus asks Psyche to perform impossible tasks to keep her away from her son, Cupid. She hopes that Psyche will fail and be punished.
Psyche had to perform three tasks for Cupid, the god of love and desire, as instructed by Venus, Cupid's mother. These tasks were given to test Psyche's love for Cupid and included sorting a pile of mixed grains, fetching a vial of water from the River Styx, and retrieving a box of beauty ointment from the underworld.
Psyche went in search of Cupid and eventually found him. She then pleaded with Venus for a chance to prove her love for Cupid. Venus set Psyche on a series of difficult tasks to test her devotion.
Psyche didn't exactly have many strengths aside from her beauty. In all of her tasks given to her by Venus, she had assistance.
From the myth 'Cupid and Psyche', the tasks that Venus made her perform in order were as follows:Sort the seedsGet the fleeceGet the water from the River StyxGet the beauty from Proserpine
Psyche angered Venus because mortals believed that she was more beautiful than even she. Venus' temples were abandoned, and all the honors that were once hers were given to a mortal girl. Venus was also angered because Psyche kept succeeding in her tasks.
In the story of Cupid and Psyche, the resolution occurs when Psyche completes a series of impossible tasks set by Venus to prove her love for Cupid. With the help of divine intervention, she succeeds and ultimately reunites with Cupid. The couple is then granted permission to marry by Jupiter, leading to Psyche’s transformation into a goddess. Their union symbolizes the triumph of love and the soul’s journey toward immortality.
To test her persistence and energy
Psyche completed the tasks with the help of other beings: ants helped her sort out grains, a reed whispered advice for gathering golden fleece from sheep, and an eagle gathered water from a high cliff for her. These creatures contributed to her success in completing the tasks set by Venus.
Nobody was all the time. When Psyche undertakes the tasks given her by Venus, she gets help from the ants, and a river god, etcetera.
She did not, even though she married Cupid.