The new-made bride is led to the lofty heavens; Phoebus [Apollon] a stately anthem sings, with his locks flowing down his shoulders, and twin Cupides [Erotes] brandish their torches. Jupiter [Zeus] lays aside his fiery weapons and, when Bacchus comes, abhors his thunderbolt. While the ...
Cupid Cupid was another name for Amor. Cupido Cupido is an alternative spelling for Cupid. Curetes In Greek mythology the Curetes were attendants of Rhea. They were supposed to have saved the infant Zeus from his father Cronus and then to have become a sort of bodyguard of the god. Th...
Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty, love, and sexuality. She is sometimes known as the Cyprian because there was a cult center of Aphrodite on Cyprus [SeeMap Jc-d]. Aphrodite is the mother of the god of love, Eros (more familiar as Cupid). She is the wife of the ugliest of the go...
Description: According to legend, the arrogant god Apollo kept pursuing the river nymph Daphne after an angry Eros (Cupid’s Greek counterpart) shot him with an arrow. So, Daphne asked her father Peneus to transform her into something to escape from Apollo. Out of pity for his daughter, who...
Description: He’s the Greek god of love and desire. His Roman counterpart, Cupid, is more famous in modern times. Esteban Origin: Greek Meaning: Wears a victory crown Variations/Synonyms: Estevan, Estebann, Estebahn, Estebon, Esteven, Estephan, Estephen, Estefan, Estafen, Estabon, Ste...
PLEASURE: myth name PODARGE: name of a Harpy POLYHYMNIA: muse of sacred song POLYXENA: daughter of Priam PROCNE: wife of Pandion PSYCHE: lover of Cupid PYRENA: "ardent." Variants include Pyrene, Pyrenia, and Pyrenie. PYRRHA: daughter of Epimetheus PYTHIA: "prophetess" RENA: "peaceful." ...
Some names of Roman gods that are commonly referenced today include: Apollo, god of the Sun Cupid, god of love Fortuna, goddess of fortune Neptune, ruler of the sea. The Roman myths that were first told many centuries ago can still be found in modern society in different ways. Movies, ...
Psyche was the ancient Greek 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 goddes
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In one story of her birth, Aphrodite is said to have sprung from the foam that resulted from the severed testicles of Uranus. In another version of her birth, Aphrodite is said to be the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Cyprus and Cythera are claimed as her birthplace. ...