It wasn't just the Romans who became obsessed with the Greek portrayal of Cupid. Centuries later, Renaissance painters took up this imagery and depicted the Cupid figure as a child. This is seen in 1602 with Caravaggio's Cupid, which showed a young, nude boy with wings and a bow.
Perhaps Cupid is usually seen as a baby because babies represent the combination of two people in love. In Greek mythology, his mother is Aphrodite. Cupid is the equivalent to the gods Amor and Eros, depending on which myths are told. He is represented by the symbol of two hearts with an arrow piercing through them.
According to myth, Cupid was the son of Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, and Venus, the goddess of love. He often appeared as a winged infant carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows whose wounds inspired love or passion in his every victim.
He appeared as a handsome youth in early art and poetry, but by the Hellenistic period—which spanned from 323 B.C.E. to 31 B.C.E. —he'd morphed into the chubby winged child that we know and love today.
In most of the pottery or greek artwork, Eros is pictured as a well-built young man, but according to Greek myths and literature, Eros was a very mischievous child who liked to cause trouble by making everyone he met fall in love.
However, when Eros laid eyes on Psyche, he was so completely mesmerized by her beauty that he forgot to carry out his mother's orders. In fact, he fell in love with Psyche himself.
Eros is a baby boy name of Greek origin for “desire”. In ancient Greek mythology, Eros is known as the “god of desire” and “son of the goddess of love and fertility, Aphrodite”.
In present day depictions of Cupid, frequently seen as a cartoon, he's wearing a diaper. However, in most artistic and historical representations of this character, he is naked. This is said to be because love has nothing to hide and is innocent and pure, like the emotion itself.
I know you've heard about Cupid, but have you heard of Cupid's evil twin, Chet. Cupid is helping people fall in love with each other, but Chet does the opposite.
The word 'Cupid' owes its origin to a Latin word 'Cupido,' meaning 'desire. ' Cupid was the son of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, and Mars, the god of war. It was believed that when Cupid shot people with his arrows, they madly fell in love with whomsoever they saw first after being shot.
In Roman culture, Cupid was the child of the goddess Venus, popularly known today as the goddess of love, and Mars, the god of war.
She realized that he was Cupid, the most handsome god and not an ugly demon. But cupid woke up and shocked her, his sudden action hit the lamp in Psyche's hand and a jolt made the hot oil from the lamp fall into his eyes. The hot oil made Cupid blind.
The purpose behind William Blake's “Why Was Cupid A Boy?” was to explain the difficulties of love by using the stereotypes of Cupid's gender and age, while also explaining his importance in Greek culture. The main criticism Blake has is the gender of Cupid.
Cupid hides himself because he is a god, and also because he was ordered by Venus to kill Psyche but instead falls in love with her.
It is said that if Cupid shoots his arrow of love and hits you, you will fall helplessly and madly in love with the next person you meet. Roman mythology knows Cupid as the son of Venus, the goddess of love. In Greek mythology, he was known as Eros and was the son of Aphrodite.
(Because that'll show Psyche!) Cupid agrees, but, of course, falls in love with Psyche after “accidentally” hitting himself with one of his own golden arrows. Cupid begins to visit Psyche in dark every night but tells her she must never look at his face.
Cupid and Psyche
Instead, Cupid became so enamored with Psyche that he married her—with the condition that she could never see his face.
Like many Roman gods and goddesses, Cupid is a counterpart to a Greek god, that god being Eros. Looks wise Eros is the complete opposite of Cupid.
Randy: “Thanks for sharing. So, what is your cleaning method.” Cupid: “I've used Bar Keepers Friend Cleanser, Bar Keepers Friend Soft Cleanser, and Bar Keepers Friend MORE Spray+Foam, as well as Stainless Steel Cleaner & Polish. All are great, but I'm old fashioned and like using the original.
Cupid is sent to shoot Psyche with an arrow so that she may fall in love with something hideous. He instead scratches himself with his own dart, which makes any living thing fall in love with the first thing it sees. Consequently, he falls deeply in love with Psyche and disobeys his mother's order.
Weaknesses: Easily duped to be a pawn in other people's games. Also very proud of his skills as God of Love. Physical Description: He appears as a highly attractive fair-haired and light-skinned man (not a baby!) of indeterminate age. He dresses in Greek togas and is never seen without his bow and arrows.
Originally named Eron, he was rechristened Eros at the age of 5, given his interest in the opposite sex. Eros grew up to be a fun-loving, carefree womanizer in contrast to his brother Thanos, a power-hungry, misanthropic schemer.
PSYKHE (Psyche) was the goddess of the soul and the wife of Eros (Roman Cupid) god of love. She was once a mortal princess whose extraordinary beauty earned the ire of Aphrodite (Roman Venus) when men began turning their worship away from the goddess towards the girl.