This deity doubts whether fortune desires the “mixing of peoples,” but assents to a senior goddess’s plan of sending black rain to lead two groups’ leaders to the same cave after a hunt. A celebrated temple to this deity was on Mount Eryx, where a hero’s ships land after favorable winds. This deity commissions a shield whose ekphrasis describes a “triple triumph” and the Battle of Actium. This deity consoles a son by explaining that his city is being destroyed by fire and earthquake and bids him to rescue his father, reminding him that his wife Creusa and son Ascanius are still alive. This goddess counterbalances Juno and assists the Trojans throughout the Aeneid, as she is the mother of Aeneas. For 10 points, Psyche married what goddess’s son Cupid? ■END■
ANSWER: Venus [accept Venus Erycina; accept Aphrodite]
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