Psyche (mythology)
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In classical mythology, Psyche is the immortal wife of Cupid, Roman god of erotic love and desire. She is often represented as a beautiful woman with butterfly wings.
Psyche on an ancient Roman fresco from Pompeii
Psyche with butterfly wings mounted on a camel, marble relief at the Louvre
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, marble sculpture by Antonio Canova
The Abduction of Psyche, painting by Émile Signol
Eros
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Eros is the Greek god of love and sex. The Romans referred to him as Cupid or Amor. In the earliest account, he is a primordial god, while in later accounts he is the child of Aphrodite.
Psyche (mythology)
…ending. Psyche is featured in the creation myth found in the ancient Gnostic text known as On the Origin of the World. Here she appears as a lover of Eros who pours her blood upon him and also upon the Earth, which causes the first rose to grow from a thorn bush. Love in Color by Bolu Babalola is a…
The Eros Farnese, a Pompeiian marble thought to be a copy of the colossal Eros of Thespiae by Praxiteles
Etruscan or Greek mirror with an engraved depiction of Eros with lyre
Winged eros with toy cart, National Archaeological museum, Athens
Psyche et L'Amour (1889) by William Bouguereau.