When she had carried him off, she besought Zeus to bestow on him immortality. […] He was born lame, and his mother was so displeased at the sight of him that she flung him from Olympos. […] The Cyclopes are occasionally placed with him. […] Aphrodite, delighted with his beauty, put him into a coffer, unknown to all the gods, and gave him to Persephone to keep. […] She summoned her son ; and conducting him to the city where Psyche dwelt, showed him the lovely maid, and ordered him to inspire her with a passion for some vile and abject wretch.