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Roman god

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Why the History of Valentine's Day Is So Complicated
What St. Valentine, an ancient Roman festival, and Geoffrey Chaucer all have in common.
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Images

Jacques-Louis David: Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1817; in the Cleveland...
The Cleveland Museum of Art; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1962.37; www.clevelandart.org
Clodion: Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche, terra-cotta by Clodion, late 18th or early 19th century;...
Photograph by the wee pixie. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, A.23-1958
Cupid, classical statue; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
Ceres and Cupid
Longton Hall snowman porcelain figurine of Ceres and Cupid, c. 1750; in...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
statue of Hymen
Cupid rekindling the torch of Hymen, marble statue by George Rennie; in the Victoria...
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