Assertion: cupid | /r/HasProperty | eros
Facets:
value: in greek mythology
type: LOCATION
value: as the son of aphrodite
type: OTHER
value: in ancient greece
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the 1st century AD, Pliny had described two marble versions of a Cupid (Eros), one at Thespiae and a nude at Parium, where it was the stained object of erotic fascination.
text: In ancient Greece he was known as Eros the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.
text: In Greek mythology, Cupid is known by the name of Eros and as the son of Aphrodite - the Greek Goddess of Love.
text: In one story from ancient Greek mythology, which was later retold by Roman authors, Cupid (Eros) shot a golden arrow at Apollo, who fell madly in love with the nymph Daphne, but then launched a leaden arrow at Daphne
text: Cupid (Eros), who had forgiven Psyche, flies to her, wipes the sleep from her face, puts it back in the box, and sends her back on her way.
text: Roman temples often served a secondary purpose as art museums, and Cicero mentions a statue of "Cupid" (Eros) by Praxiteles that was consecrated at a sacrarium and received religious veneration jointly with Hercules.
text: In the canonical novel, Let Gorgons Be Gorgons, it is explained that the first Cupid was Eros, who came up with the idea of forming the species when he was on vacation in Italy.
text: Psyche promises her new husband, Cupid (Eros), that she'll never try to see what he looks like.
text: In classical Greek and Roman art, Cupid (Eros) is a slender, winged young boy, but later artistic depictions of the god show him starting to eat more Souvlaki and getting increasingly chubbier.
text: Cupid (Eros) does not have an arrow IN in his back
text: When he intended to keep him back, without presenting him to Jove [Zeus] as he did the others, Cupid [Eros] reported this to Jove, whereupon Mercurius [Hermes] was sent to Phaenon and persuaded him to come to Jove and become immortal.
text: "Venus [Aphrodite] smiled upon the lovers [Jason and Medea in matrimony], and Cupid [Eros] with his pleadings roused Aeetes' daughter [Medea] from the gloomy thoughts that vexed her; Cytherea [Aphrodite] clothes the girl with her own robe of saffron texture, and gives her own twofold coronal and the jewels destined to burn upon another bride.
text: In Greek mythology, Cupid was known as Eros.
text: His romantic roots go way back to a time before his name was even Cupid—to ancient Greece when he was known as Eros, the god of love.
text: In Greek Mythology, Cupid was known as ‘Eros‘ who was portrayed as a slender young boy with wings; however, following the Hellenistic Age that ended about 31BC when Rome conquered Greece, he was portrayed as the chubby little boy we are most familiar with especially around Valentine’s Day.