But despite his infant form, that baby, widely known these days as Cupid, began his mythological life as a man who had more power than any god. “In the [Greek] literary sources we have ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting victims, I take refuge in my training as a scholar of early Greek poetry ...

Psyche, in Greek mythology, was a mortal girl of such extraordinary beauty that she aroused the jealousy of Venus. The goddess of love ordered her son, Cupid, to sabotage Psyche’s chance at ...

The Valentine Cupid you can easily call to mind is an interpretation of Eros, the Greek god of love. He appeared as a handsome youth in early art and poetry, but by the Hellenistic period—which ...

The cherub-faced Cupid we recognize today was originally something quite different. In the 5th century, the Greek version of Cupid, Eros (the inspiration for the word "erotic"), was depicted as a ...

Cupid travels throughout the world making people fall in love with him. He is tasked with finding Psyche a husband, but asks to marry her instead. Cupid hides from Psyche the minor detail that he ...

Once upon a time long ago, Apollo came upon Cupid on the top of Mount Parnassus, home of the Muses. It was a place sacred to the god of music and healing, and he loved to visit. This day he was ...

POPULAR depictions of Cupid portray him as a winged infant, carrying a bow and arrow. This Valentine's Day, we are reminded that when Cupid is around, love comes easy. His arrows have the power to ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting victims, I take refuge in my training as a scholar of early Greek ...

Cupid will mark the first film of the MythoVerse, a cinematic universe of stories and characters inspired by classic Greek and Roman mythology. Candeland is repped by Verve and Newhouse Porter.

The Romans’ Cupid was the equivalent of the Greek god Eros, the origin of the word “erotic.” In ancient Greece, Eros is often seen as the son of Ares, the god of war, and Aphrodite ...

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