The Myth of CUPID
had breakfast at Toast & Toast with my sayang, i order nasi lemak, halfboiled egg with toast bread, meanwhile my sayang ordered american breakfast with garlic bread. that's the most heavy breakfast i ever had!!!! there's a few magazines displaying in the coffee shop so i ask sayang to grab me any of it. flipping thru the pages wen suddenly sumthing caught my eyes; a very very short synopsis of a movie about Cupid and these makes me wonder "Where did Cupid came from?". was so eager to know that i actually went online to cek for the myth. hehehehe.....
And the legend begins......
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Eros who is also Cupid
An armed, unscrupulous boy
To the Greeks he was Eros (meaning sexual desire) , to the Romans he was Cupid (from cupido, meaning desire). Though the Greeks were more primal than the Romans and mythologized that this symbol of lust was born from Erebus (primordial darkness) and Nyx (night), both Greeks and Romans portrayed Eros/Cupid as a winged boy armed with bows and arrows. The Roman legend of Cupid and Psyche, recorded by Apuleius, is the best-known of many stories that surround this armed, unscrupulous boy..
In the Roman legend, Cupid was the mischievous son of Venus, the most beautiful of all the goddesses. Much to Venus' dismay, however, a younger woman was being hailed for her beauty. This was Psyche (Greek for both butterfly and soul). Racked with jealousy, Venus told Cupid to shoot a dart of love into Psyche, but to make her fall in love with someone so low that she would be abased. Cupid, the dutiful son that all mothers want, set off to comply with his mother's wishes. Alas, poor Cupid, he accidentally pierced himself with one of his arrows and fell in love with Psyche.
Cupid became Psyche's unseen lover, for he met with her and never revealed himself. After years of rapture, Psyche, goaded by her sisters, wanted to see her lover. She tricked Cupid who became so irate that he fled. Psyche wandered the earth, looking for Cupid in vain. Finally, the great Zeus took pity on the girl, united her with Cupid and gave them permission to marry. As the writer of any romance knows, love does conquer all. They lived happily ever after, giving birth to a daughter whose name was Pleasure.
And the legend begins......
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Eros who is also CupidAn armed, unscrupulous boy
To the Greeks he was Eros (meaning sexual desire) , to the Romans he was Cupid (from cupido, meaning desire). Though the Greeks were more primal than the Romans and mythologized that this symbol of lust was born from Erebus (primordial darkness) and Nyx (night), both Greeks and Romans portrayed Eros/Cupid as a winged boy armed with bows and arrows. The Roman legend of Cupid and Psyche, recorded by Apuleius, is the best-known of many stories that surround this armed, unscrupulous boy..
In the Roman legend, Cupid was the mischievous son of Venus, the most beautiful of all the goddesses. Much to Venus' dismay, however, a younger woman was being hailed for her beauty. This was Psyche (Greek for both butterfly and soul). Racked with jealousy, Venus told Cupid to shoot a dart of love into Psyche, but to make her fall in love with someone so low that she would be abased. Cupid, the dutiful son that all mothers want, set off to comply with his mother's wishes. Alas, poor Cupid, he accidentally pierced himself with one of his arrows and fell in love with Psyche.
Cupid became Psyche's unseen lover, for he met with her and never revealed himself. After years of rapture, Psyche, goaded by her sisters, wanted to see her lover. She tricked Cupid who became so irate that he fled. Psyche wandered the earth, looking for Cupid in vain. Finally, the great Zeus took pity on the girl, united her with Cupid and gave them permission to marry. As the writer of any romance knows, love does conquer all. They lived happily ever after, giving birth to a daughter whose name was Pleasure.
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