Psyche with Cerberus on her quest to the Underworld 1899 - stock illustration

Psyche is the Greek goddess of the soul and often represented with butterfly wings. The fourth step is the first time that Psyche will end up accomplishing the task herself. As her very last task, Aphrodite commands that Psyche must go into the underworld, fill an empty box with beauty ointment from Persephone, the goddess of the underworld, and return it to her. Psyche enters the underworld, gives the three-headed dog one cake, fills the box with beauty, gives the three-headed dog another cake, comes back across the river (because she has one more coin) and returns to the upper world. In Greek mythology, Cerberus often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. Original edition from my own archives Source : Ilustración Artística 1899 Jenny Eakin Delony Psycle after Alfred de Curzon Jenny Eakin Delony, también conocida como Jenny Eakin Delony Rice y Jenny Meyrowitz, ( Washington, Arkansas, 13 de mayo de 1866 - Little Rock, 1 de abril de 1949 ) fue una pintora y educadora estadounidense. Paul-Alfred Parent de Curzon ( 7 September 1820 4 July 1895 ) was a French painter, known for his genre scenes and landscapes with figures.