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In Roman mythology, son of Venus, goddess of love. His counterpart in Greek mythology was Eros, god of love. He is best known as the handsome young god who falls in love with the beautiful maiden Psyche.

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Cupid (Latin cupido,”desire”), in Roman mythology, son of Venus, goddess of love. His counterpart in Greek mythology was Eros, god of love. He is...

Cupid in Roman mythology

Cupid in Roman mythology (Hulton Getty Picture Collection)

Among the earliest of the Greek gods to be accepted by the Romans were Castor and Polydeuces, divine twins who were believed to have intervened in...

Eros, Greek counterpart of Cupid

Eros (mythology), in Greek mythology, the god of love and counterpart of the Roman Cupid. In early mythology he was represented as one of the...

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- cherubic boy as symbol of love: a representation of the god Cupid as a symbol of love in painting or sculpture

- Roman god of love: in Roman mythology, the god of love, the son of Venus, usually represented as a young boy with wings and a bow and arrow.

Cupid : artworks depicting Cupid (Francesco Solimena/The National Gallery, London/Corbis)

Cupid : artworks depicting Cupid

Cranach’s Venus and Cupid (Francis G. Mayer/Corbis)

Cranach’s Venus and Cupid

Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid (Joerg P. Anders/Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY)

Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid

Solimena, Francesco: painting, Dido Receiving Aeneas and Cupid Disguised as Ascanius (Francesco Solimena/The National Gallery, London/Corbis)

Solimena, Francesco: painting, Dido Receiving Aeneas and Cupid Disguised as Ascanius

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