Tag: Valentine’s Day
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Cupid is often visualized as a cherubic infant with a bow and arrow, but this image has evolved over time. Before the Romans embraced and renamed him, and long before he became synonymous with Valentine’s Day, Cupid was originally known as Eros, the handsome deity of love in Greek mythology. Cupid in Greek Lore One…
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The figure of Cupid typically brings to mind the image of a chubby baby brandishing a bow and arrow, but this association did not always exist. Before the Romans transitioned and rebranded him, Cupid was originally recognized by the Greeks as Eros, the striking and attractive god of love. Cupid in Greek Mythology Hesiod was…