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What were the 4 tasks Psyche had to complete?

By N.S. Gill, About.com

Question: What were the 4 tasks Psyche had to complete?

Answer: The taskmaster in the story of Cupid and Psyche was Cupid's mother Venus or Aphrodite. In order for Psyche to win back her husband, Cupid (aka Eros or Amor), Cupid's mother, Venus, set four tasks before Psyche

  1. sorting out a huge pile of seeds
  2. retrieving the Golden Fleece,
  3. filling a flask from the water that fills the River Styx, and
  4. returning from the Underworld with a box of the beauty ointment of Proserpina (aka Persephone).

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