Venus and Adonis 1586 by Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), was an Italian Renaissance painter, Venice, Italy. ( Pierced by Cupid`s arrow, Venus Goddess of Love, had fallen in love with the handsome hunter Adonis )

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The Story Psyche is so beautiful that the jealous goddess Venus commands her son Cupid to make her fall in love with an unworthy man. However, Cupid falls in love with Psyche himself.

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