Eros fire.” (Nonnus, "Dionysiaca" 48. 470 ff – a Greek epic of the 5th century AD) The story of Eros and Psyche has a longstanding tradition as a folktale of the ancient Greco-Roman world long before it was committed to literature in Apuleius' Latin novel, "The Golden Ass". The novel itself is written in a picaresque Roman style, yet Psyche retains her Greek name. Eros and Aphrodite are called by their Latin names (Cupid and Venus), and Cupid is depicted as a young adult, rather than a child. The story tells of the struggle for love and trust between Eros and
Basilica of the Holy Mother of God Eleusa, Nesebar sunk into the sea, but in 1920 excavations and research began here, and the church is now well-preserved and partly restored. It has three naves, three apses and a narthex, with two smaller apses on the north and south sides. It is 28 m long and 18 m wide. Basilica of the Holy Mother of God Eleusa, Nesebar The Basilica of the Holy Mother of God Eleusa, Nesebar, is a former monastery church situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Nesebar in Bulgaria and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title "Eleusa", "Ελεούσσα" in Byzantine Greek, or