Thursday, February 14, 2008

Have a Happy Valentine’s Day

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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.  image

Posted by cassie-b • 09:16 AM
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