Cupid and Pysche
According to Greek and Roman mythology, Cupid (Eros to the Greeks) was the god of love. His mother, Venus (Aphrodite to the Greeks) was jealous of Psyche, a mortal princess, and sent Cupid to shoot her with a love arrow that would make her fall in love with a horrible creature. By accident, Cupid pricked himself as he did so and reversed the effect on Psyche. Venus tried unsuccessfully to keep the two apart. Finally, Cupid and Pysche were allowed to marry, and Psyche was granted immortality. This early 1900s photograph shows the statue of the two that was carved from white marble by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova in 1793. It is housed in Paris in the Louvre.
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Keywords: antonio, aphrodite, canova, cupid, eros, gods, greek, greeks, legend, louvre, love, myth, mythology, pysche, roman, romans, venus
