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Kroyal: added image of cupid

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	Cupid, was the god of love. The name Cupid is a variation on meanings love and meaning. Cupid was believed to be the son of Venus, the goddess of love. The ancient Romans often thought Cupid as winged child or baby who carried a bow and bag of arrows. Ovid seemed to portrayed Cupid as a willful and capricious child in many of his poems from the Amores and the Art of Love. In the story of Apollo and Daphne, Cupid strikes Daphne and Apollo with two of his arrows. One arrow of Cupid's arrows are blunt and rejects, the other is sharp and makes the person hit fall in love with another. Daphne was hit by the arrow that rejects and Apollo was hit by the arrow that makes him fall in love with Daphne. Cupid is also associated with Valentine's Day.		Cupid, was the god of love. The name Cupid is a variation on meanings love and meaning. Cupid was believed to be the son of Venus, the goddess of love. The ancient Romans often thought Cupid as winged child or baby who carried a bow and bag of arrows. Ovid seemed to portrayed Cupid as a willful and capricious child in many of his poems from the Amores and the Art of Love. In the story of Apollo and Daphne, Cupid strikes Daphne and Apollo with two of his arrows. One arrow of Cupid's arrows are blunt and rejects, the other is sharp and makes the person hit fall in love with another. Daphne was hit by the arrow that rejects and Apollo was hit by the arrow that makes him fall in love with Daphne. Cupid is also associated with Valentine's Day.

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	Bulfinch, Thomas. "Apollo and Daphne." ''Ancient/Classical History''. 2006. The New York Times. 26 June 2006. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_apollodaphne.htm>		Bulfinch, Thomas. "Apollo and Daphne." ''Ancient/Classical History''. 2006. The New York Times. 26 June 2006. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_apollodaphne.htm>

	"Cupid in Roman Mythology." ''Mythography.'' 2006. Loggia. 26 June 2006. <http://www.loggia.com/myth/cupid.html>		"Cupid in Roman Mythology." ''Mythography''. 2006. Loggia. 26 June 2006. <http://www.loggia.com/myth/cupid.html>

Kroyal: other work cited

2006-06-27T02:47:58Z

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	Bulfinch, Thomas. "Apollo and Daphne." ''Ancient/Classical History''. 2006. The New York Times. 26 June 2006. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_apollodaphne.htm>		Bulfinch, Thomas. "Apollo and Daphne." ''Ancient/Classical History''. 2006. The New York Times. 26 June 2006. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_apollodaphne.htm>

			"Cupid in Roman Mythology." ''Mythography.'' 2006. Loggia. 26 June 2006. <http://www.loggia.com/myth/cupid.html>

Kroyal: summary of cupid

2006-06-27T02:44:19Z

summary of cupid

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Cupid, was the god of love. The name Cupid is a variation on meanings love and meaning. Cupid was believed to be the son of Venus, the goddess of love. The ancient Romans often thought Cupid as winged child or baby who carried a bow and bag of arrows. Ovid seemed to portrayed Cupid as a willful and capricious child in many of his poems from the Amores and the Art of Love. In the story of Apollo and Daphne, Cupid strikes Daphne and Apollo with two of his arrows. One arrow of Cupid's arrows are blunt and rejects, the other is sharp and makes the person hit fall in love with another. Daphne was hit by the arrow that rejects and Apollo was hit by the arrow that makes him fall in love with Daphne. Cupid is also associated with Valentine's Day.

Works Cited:

Bulfinch, Thomas. "Apollo and Daphne." ''Ancient/Classical History''. 2006. The New York Times. 26 June 2006. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_apollodaphne.htm>