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
Church of the Holy Mother of God, Bolshiye Saly Church of the Holy Mother of God, Bolshiye Saly The Church of the Holy Mother of God (, is an Armenian Apostolic church in Bolshiye Saly village, Myasnikovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is also officially declared as an architectural monument of regional significance of cultural heritage of Russia. In 1848 the believers of Bolshiye Saly, many of whom were Armenians, decided to build a brick church. In 1860, its construction began and was finished and consecrated by Catholicos George IV 7 years later. It was built on the project if Taganrog architect N. Muratov. In 1938 the church was