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Cupid – Mythopedia Cupid (or Amor) was the Roman name for Eros, the god of love He was the son of Venus, goddess of beauty and sexual desire, and was usually represented as a winged boy or even a baby wielding a bow and arrow Because Cupid could make any person or god fall madly in love, he came to be seen as a powerful being
Eros – Mythopedia Cf Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods 3 23, who says that there were three different gods by the name of Eros (Cupid in Latin), the last of whom was the son of Aphrodite (specifically, Cicero’s third Aphrodite, who like Eros is plural) and Ares The first was the son of Hermes and the first Artemis and the second of Hermes and the second
Venus – Mythopedia Venus Felix appears on the reverse of this bronze sestertius, minted sometime between 222 and 235 CE In this depiction, Venus holds a scepter in one hand and Cupid in the other Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Public Domain Venus was identified by a number of epithets, each indicating a distinct persona of the goddess
Vulcan – Mythopedia This 15th century Italian engraving depicts a focused Vulcan forging Cupid's wings Rijksmuseum Public Domain Working in his subterranean workshop, Vulcan mastered the art of the forge Word spread of the master craftsman, and his services eventually became desired by the gods
Mars – Mythopedia Venus, Mars, and Cupid (c 1630) by Peter Paul Rubens Family portraits of Mars, Venus, and Cupid were common in western art The painting depicts a younger, leaner, and clean-shaven Mars, an incarnation frequently used for romantic portrayals Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK Google Arts and Culture Public Domain
Echo - Mythopedia Fresco showing Echo and Narcissus, with a small winged Cupid at the bottom center, from Pompeii (ca 60–79 CE) National Archaeological Museum, Naples egisto sani CC BY-NC-SA 2 0 Family Ancient sources did not say much about Echo’s parentage She was usually represented as a nymph, suggesting that her parents were immortals
Dione - Mythopedia Dione was an early goddess who was either a Titan or an Oceanid She was a lover of Zeus and, according to some traditions, gave birth to the love goddess Aphrodite
Hermaphroditus – Mythopedia Hermaphroditus was a deity who was half-male and half-female Originally a male child of Hermes and Aphrodite, Hermaphroditus was loved by the nymph Salmacis, who prayed that she and her beloved would become one—a single being with the traits of both sexes
Apollo – Mythopedia Cupid and Apollo with a Lyre by Paolo Farinati (ca 1568) Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain The punishment for challenging Apollo could also be much more severe This was the case for the satyr Marsyas, who one day found the aulos, a kind of flute that had been made and discarded by Athena He learned the instrument well and eventually
Phoebe - Mythopedia Greek Hesiod (eighth seventh century BCE): Phoebe’s genealogy is outlined in the Theogony Aeschylus (ca 525 524 BCE–456 455 BCE): In the first lines of the tragedy Eumenides, Phoebe is said to have been the one who gave the oracle at Delphi to Apollo