His Greek counterpart has a murkier background ... s invisible servants in Apuleius’s novel.” How did Cupid become the symbol of Valentine’s Day? You can’t celebrate Valentine’s Day ...

This notion is not only Greek. It is also long established in ... Small wonder, then, that the Cupid, a symbol of love, was placed above the main entrance of the synagogue at Capernaum.

but he was more than just a symbol of love to them. The Romans’ Cupid was the equivalent of the Greek god Eros, the origin of the word “erotic.” In ancient Greece, Eros is often seen as the ...