god
Cupid
also: Cupidines, Amor
Boy-god of desire, son of Venus; pluralized as 'Cupids,' love-spirits attending Venus (poems 3, 13).
Reading notes
- The Poems §3 Cupids
Cupid, Venus's boy-son of desire, pluralized as the love-spirits attending her.
- The Poems §64 holy boy
Cupid (Amor), who mingles men's joys with cares; with Venus he sets Ariadne ablaze.