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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2559319, member: 5833&quot;]Yes, there&#039;s a good chance that&#039;s who artist had in mind.&nbsp; As you say, <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/psyche" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/psyche" rel="nofollow">she is typically indicated by butterfly wing(s) on her person or whole butterflies near her</a>.&nbsp; &#039;Psyche&#039; means soul, life force, &amp; this property is represented allegorically as a butterfly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before she is allowed to marry Cupid, Psyche has to perform labors set for her by Venus, each meant to be fatal.&nbsp; The last is to go down to Hades &amp; get from Proserpina a dab of her beauty, to replace what Venus has lost in her distress at the prospect of having a mortal daughter-in-law.&nbsp; Psyche succeeds, with strict instructions not to look into the jar/box.&nbsp; Of course, she can&#039;t resist, thinking to take just a little to make herself more beautiful for Cupid, &amp; is struck down insensible.</p><p><br /></p><p>So both the butterflies &amp; the little Grecian unguent jar are attributes of Psyche.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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