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
Margaret of the Mother of God name Margaret of the Mother of God. She died there in 1646, aged 59, having been a Carmelite lay sister for 37 years. She was reputed to have gifts of prophecy and wonder-working, and recorded her spiritual experiences in an autobiography and collection of spiritual reflections. An English translation of her writings was published in 2015 under the title "Spiritual Writings of Sister Margaret of the Mother of God (1635-1643)". Margaret of the Mother of God Margaret of the Mother of God (, , ), born Margriet van Noort (1587 – 1646), was a Dutch Discalced Carmelite lay sister in