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See also:CUPID (Cupido, " See also:desire ") , the Latin name for the See also:god of love, See also:EROS (q.v.) . See also:Cupid is generally identical with Amor . The See also:idea of the god of love in See also:Roman See also:poetry is due to the See also:influence of Alexandrian poets and artists, in whose hands he degenerated into a mischievous boy with essentially human characteristics . His usual attribute is the See also:bow . For the See also:story of Cupid and See also:Psyche, see under PSYCHE . |
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