Cupid & Psyche

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Last updated over 3 years ago

9 questions

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Cupid makes people fall in love with each other:

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Here is Stephen Fry's version of the myth:

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
HYMENAIOS		the youthful patron of selfless unconditional love
EROS		the leader of the Erotes, god of physical love and sexual desire
POTHOS		the spirit of the language of love and terms of endearment
HIMEROS		the protector of effeminate males, mannish females and those of what we would now call a more fluid gender
HEDYLOGOS		the embodiment of desperate, impetuous love, love that is impatient to be fulfilled and ready to burst
ANTEROS		the guardian of the bridal-chamber and wedding music
HERMAPHRODITUS		the personification of languorous longing, of love for the absent and the departed

Here is Stephen Fry's version of the myth:

HYMENAIOS

the youthful patron of selfless unconditional love

EROS

the leader of the Erotes, god of physical love and sexual desire

POTHOS

the spirit of the language of love and terms of endearment

HIMEROS

the protector of effeminate males, mannish females and those of what we would now call a more fluid gender

HEDYLOGOS

the embodiment of desperate, impetuous love, love that is impatient to be fulfilled and ready to burst

ANTEROS

the guardian of the bridal-chamber and wedding music

HERMAPHRODITUS

the personification of languorous longing, of love for the absent and the departed

Love

Fidelity

Psyche drinks ambrosia, becoming immortal like a god

Cupid falls in love with Psyche

Has different interpretations in different versions of the myth

Is Cupid’s

With the help of a river god

With the help of some ants