Question

Was it reasonable on Psyche's part to get help with the tasks Venus gave her?

Answer 1

Answer:

The taskmaster in the story of Cupid and Psyche was Cupid's mother, the love goddess Venus or Aphrodite. Venus had never liked Psyche, so the opportunity of putting her to a series of tests gave Venus a chance to demand the seemingly impossible. In order for Psyche to win back her husband, Cupid, Venus set 4 seemingly impossible 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).