Thursday, February 14, 2008
Have a Happy Valentine’s Day
Just a few facts about this most important day -
- Cupid was the god of love in Roman mythology.
- It was commonly believed that Cupid was the son of Venus - the Roman goddess of love
- The ancient Romans often depicted Cupid as winged child or baby who carried a bow and quiver full of arrows. Indeed, the Roman poet Ovid seems to delight in portraying Cupid as a willful and capricious child in many of his poems from the Amores and the Art of Love.
- One of the most memorable myths about Cupid involves his relationship with the beautiful woman named Psyche. The tale of Cupid and Psyche is told in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius. 
Well - it’s hard to be so witty and romantic after Vito’s comment - Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Valentine’s Day was inspired by Saint Valentine who was beheaded on this date in the year 270. I’ll bet that took all the romance out of his day.