The Tale of Romulus and Remus:

The twin sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars were raised by a she-wolf after being sent to drown by King Amulius. They grew into strong, fair men who treated everyone kindly. At a local festival, Remus was captured and sent before Numitor, Romulus and his grandfather, to be judged. After learning of the atrocities committed by Amulius, Romulus and Remus set out to kill him and eventually did. Romulus and Remus later set out to find somewhere that the growing population of males in Alba Longa could live. They found a site, and jealousy caused Romulus to kill Remus and name the site after himself. The site was Rome, and the tale of Romulus and Remus describes how it came to be.

Pygmalion:

Pygmalion was a single man who thought that women of the time were fickle. He was also a sculptor, and one day created his image of the perfect woman. He began obsessing over the statue , and wished that it could somehow reply to him. After a time, Pygmalion finally decided to pray to the goddess Venus and ask her to give his statue life. He returned home and hugged his statue, causing it to suddenly transform into a human being. Pygmalion and his statue both lived happily from then on.

Cupid and Psyche:

A beautiful young woman, Psyche, invoked Venus’ wrath when her beauty was compared to the goddess’. Venus sent her son, Cupid, to make Psyche fall in love with a loathsome creature. Alas, when Cupid saw Psyche, he fell madly in love with her and could not bring himself to do what his mother had asked of him. After many years, Psyche still had not found a husband, and her parents became concerned. They were told by an oracle to bring her daughter to the top of rocky mountain where she would be carried off to her mate. This was done by the West Wind, and Psyche found herself in a beautiful palace of gold. Psyche was told by a gentle voice to make herself at home, which she did. Each night, Cupid would come to her and lay with her until daybreak, never allowing her to see who he was. Psyche soon became concerned about her sisters, and against Cupid’s advice, invited them to visit her. After Psyche confessed to them that she had not yet seen her host, they jealously made her believe that he could be a monster and gave her a dagger ( to slay him with if he was a beast) and a lamp (to see him better at night). The night of her sisters’ departure, Psyche held the lamp to behold the image of who it was that she had been involved with, and found it to be the handsome God of Love. Hot oil from the lamp dripped onto Cupid’s shoulder as she held it to look at him, and he woke up, fleeing the palace. Psyche decided to consult her enemy, Venus, about winning Cupid back. Venus agreed to help her, but made her perform nearly impossible tasks, including sorting out a mixture of tiny seeds into separate piles and borrowing some of Proserpina’s beauty in a box. On her way back from her final task, Psyche curiously opened the box, and suddenly fell into a death-like state. Cupid came upon the body of Psyche, and pricked her with one of his arrows to awaken her. He brought her before Jove, and asked her to make her immortal so that they could live happily in Olympus together. Jove agreed, and married them as well. They both lived happily ever after.