- Metamorphoses: Book 10 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Cupid denies to have inflam’d thy heart, Disowns thy love, and vindicates his dart: Some Fury gave thee those infernal pains, And shot her venom’d vipers in thy veins To hate thy sire, had merited a curse; But such an impious love deserv’d a worse The neighb’ring monarchs, by thy beauty led, Contend in crowds, ambitious of thy bed:
- Metamorphoses: Book 1 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Of angry Cupid forc’d him to desire: Daphne her name, and Peneus was her sire Swell’d with the pride, that new success attends, He sees the stripling, while his bow he bends, And thus insults him: Thou lascivious boy, Are arms like these for children to employ? Know, such atchievements are my proper claim; Due to my vigour, and unerring aim:
- Metamorphoses: Book 7 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Present themselves, and vanquish’d Cupid flies The Dragon’s Teeth transform’d to Men She then retires to Hecate’s shrine, that stood Far in the covert of a shady wood: She finds the fury of her flames asswag’d, But, seeing Jason there, again they rag’d Blushes, and paleness did by turns invade Her tender cheeks, and secret grief
- Metamorphoses: Book 8 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Cupid with added force Recruits each nerve, and aids her wat’ry course Soon she the ship attains, unwelcome guest; And, as with close embrace its sides she prest, A hawk from upper air came pouring down (’Twas Nisus cleft the sky with wings new grown) At Scylla’s head his horny bill he aims; She, fearful of the blow, the ship disclaims,
- Roman God Names - Mythopedia
Journey to ancient Rome with our Roman god name generator and craft character names befitting the deities of one of the greatest empires in history
- Metamorphoses: Book 5 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Venus beheld him from her flow’ry hill: When strait the dame her little Cupid prest With secret rapture to her snowy breast, And in these words the flutt’ring boy addrest O thou, my arms, my glory, and my pow’r, My son, whom men, and deathless Gods adore; Bend thy sure bow, whose arrows never miss’d, No longer let Hell’s king thy
- Yue Lao – Mythopedia
Yue Lao (月老) is the popular Chinese god of love and marriage Worshipers commonly wear a thin red string around their wrists to signify their wish for a romantic relationship
- Eros – Mythopedia
Eros, loveliest of the Greek gods, was the personification of passion and procreation who emerged at the beginning of the cosmos He was often imagined as Aphrodite’s companion Later authors sometimes multiplied him into a collection of mischievous gods known as “Erotes ”
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