god
Cupid
also: Amor
Winged god of love, son of Venus, whose arrows compel gods and mortals across the whole world.
Reading notes
- Hercules on Oeta §557 I entreat you
Cupid (Amor), the winged god of love, 'feared even by his mother' Venus, whom Deianira begs to make Hercules love her again.
- Octavia §202 Cupid
Cupid (Amor), the winged god of love, here called fickle; Seneca later denies he is a god at all.
- Oedipus §488 twin Cupid
Cupid (Love); a pair of Loves shake the wedding-torches at Ariadne's marriage.
- Phaedra §274 Cupid
The winged boy-god of love, whose arrows strike gods and mortals through the whole world.