Cupid Research Paper

Cupid is the Greek god of love, desire, attraction and affection and is widely known as the mischievous adolescent with wings holding an arrow. The name “Cupid” is originated from the Latin word cupido meaning “desire” (Tribunes and Triumphs). He is seen on greek pottery appearing at weddings and other romantic scenes hovering above the protagonists (Ancient History Encyclopedia). In modern art, Cupid is shown drawing his bow to inspire love, and he is often an icon of Valentine’s Day. Cupid is very powerful, because he has the power to influence others and cause them to fall in love with no choice. Long before the Romans adopted him and renamed him, he was known to the Greeks as Eros (Ask History). According to Hesiod’s poem, Theogony, Eros

In Roman art, he is usually depicted as a winged infant carrying a bow and arrows. Who without warning, would strike someone with an arrow and the victim would fall in love with the first person they see. He was sometimes portrayed wearing armour perhaps to suggest ironic parallels between war and romance to symbolize the invincibility of love (Encyclopedia Britannica). Although some stories describe Cupid as mischievous and careless, he was generally viewed by people as beneficent, because of the happiness he bestowed upon couples. In one story, his mother Venus, tried to use Cupid to get revenge on the mortal Psyche, only to have Cupid fall in love

Cupid’s symbols is a bow and arrow. He would shoot magic, golden arrows into the hearts of both mortals and immortals, spreading physical desire but also pain (Ancient History Encyclopedia). A popular story that involves Eros’s powerful arrows is the story of Psyche. A long time ago, there lived three princesses. Psyche, the youngest, was very kind and beautiful. Because she was so beautiful, the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, became jealous. Aphrodite then instructed Eros to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest man on Earth. Eros went down to Earth to find Psych, but when he did he was to stunned by her beauty. When he struck her with his golden arrow, he pricked himself and fell in love with her. He was so in love that he erased all of what he had done to her and left. When Aphrodite realized what he had done, she sent a spell on Psyche so that no suitor would ever ask her to marry him. Psyche’s parent became worried and went off to the Oracle to hear what was wrong. The Oracle told them that Psyche will never marry a mortal and that she would be given to one who waits for her on a mountain. They then sent Psyche to the mountain and leave her to die. In her sorrow, Zephyr, the West Wind, carried her away to the valley below and it was there that she woke. Psyche found herself entering a forest and heard the sound of water. She then found a bright pool with a fountain, and beyond it was a palace. A voice