The Valentine Cupid you can easily call to mind is an interpretation of Eros, the Greek god of love. He appeared as a handsome youth in early art and poetry, but by the Hellenistic period—which ...

The beautiful myth of Psyche and Eros, a moving love story, has inspired countless artists all over the world throughout the ...

Though Cupid is traced back to Greek and Roman mythology, here's how the icon of Valentine's Day went from a handsome god to a child.

The winged cupid was a favorite of artists and authors in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, but he was more than just a symbol of love to them. Born of sex and war. The Romans’ Cupid was the ...

Eros, too, is depicted as a winged creature in Greek mythology. “It was probably ideas about love being fleeting or capricious that are behind the representation of Eros with wings, which [goes ...