CUPIDEROS?OR

We all know the cute baby-looking angel with his bow and arrow that goes around creating couples with a swift arrow to the behind. However, Cupid is actually not a baby. According to www.rd.com, he is the interpretation of Eros, the Greek God of love. He was first portrayed in early art and poetry as young and handsome but morphed into a chubby-winged child after 31 B.C.E. His name “Cupid” was given to him once he was adopted by Roman culture and is derived from the word “desire”. Though he is now portrayed as pretty and cute in pop culture, the myths say that he used to play with God and mortal’s emotions, which, in my opinion, seems to be a good representation of love in our generation, no?

By: Frank Piegari Staff Writer