Discover Cupid's origin story, symbolism, and intriguing facts. Learn about the Roman god of love's connection to Valentine's Day and his enduring cultural impact.

Somewhere between myth and melodrama, drawing-room farce and divine fiasco, this year’s Cupid and Psyche lands in Christ Church Gardens with a winged smirk and a perfectly timed sigh. This original ...

Long before fairy tales and period dramas, there was the original love story: Cupid and Psyche. It had everything — love at first sight, betrayal, heartbreak, and even a meddling goddess. But unlike ...

In this telling, Cupid is a young man when Venus learns that a mortal girl is born with such great beauty that others start to forget to worship Venus, adoring this girl instead. Upset about the ...

The painting “Venus and Cupid with Mercury and Psyche” at the fair on March 6, 2020. Noortman was TEFAF’s chairman for a decade.

View A mythological scene with Venus, Psyche and Cupid by Charles Joseph Natoire on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Charles Joseph Natoire.

In this story, Psyche was a princess so beautiful that people began to treat her like a goddess, even dedicating offerings and praise to her. Venus, the goddess of love, became quite jealous of Psyche ...

Venus holds the yellow ribbon around Cupid’s head delicately, neither tightening nor loosening it, the restraint possibly an allegory for conjugal love balancing sensuality and order.

Joel Domenico in Venus & the Vixens at Emerald City Trapeze Arts. Photo Credits: Ernie Sapiro We’ve all probably heard the story of Cupid and Psyche, a forbidden love that faces a greater-than ...

The show is an immersive and interactive (remember those words) rock musical that recounts the ancient love story of Cupid and Psyche, as told by Venus, the goddess of love, who is also, of course, ...

“Venus and the Vixens: Games of Love” is a fresh take on the mythic tale of Cupid and Psyche’s epic love story, with heart-pumping electro-pop sounds, participatory games of chance, aerial flourishes, ...