“100 masterpieces about love” is a unique series from the Strelbitsky publishing house, which includes the best works of all times and peoples about the most beautiful and sublime feeling - love. In each volume of the series, readers have the opportunity to get acquainted not only with the literary masterpieces of outstanding masters of words from antiquity to modern times, but also receive a photo album containing world-famous monuments of architecture and art dedicated to literary and mythical heroes. Volume 5 “Antica” takes the reader to the times of the Hellenic epic and includes the tragedy of the great ancient Greek playwright Sophocles “The Tarkhin Women”. An exciting and tragic love story between the hero Hercules and his wife Deianira. “The Tale of Cupid and Psyche” is a short story by the ancient Roman writer, poet, philosopher and rhetorician Apuleius, a supporter of the Hellenistic teachings of Aristotle and Plato, as well as a translator of Greek philosophical treatises into Latin. Psyche is ready to become Cupid's lover, until Aphrodite's faithful assistant names the main condition for their meetings...