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Valentine's Day is a traditional celebration of Anglo-Saxon countries that has been implemented in other countries throughout the twentieth century mainly in the loving couples express their love and affection to each other. Held on February 14, in some countries known as Valentine's Day and in others as Day of Love and Friendship.

HISTORY OF CUPID.


There are several versions about the birth of Cupid. According to Seneca, the son of Venus and Vulcano.5 For Cicero, in the third book of De natura deorum were different Cupido (which is identified with the Greek Hímero), son of Night and Erebus, and Love (whose Greek equivalent would Eros), son of Jupiter and Venus.6 first, violent and capricious, the second soft and delightful. However, the extended version, according to which Cupid is the son of Venus (Aphrodite) and Mars (Ares), seems to come from the Greek source Ceos.5 Simonides of 7

According to this latest version, Cupid was born in Cyprus, as his mother, who had to hide in the woods and let out suckled by wild beasts that only he were pious. Venus did not dare have him with them, fearing the rigor of Jupiter, who, foreseeing all the evil that the child would make the universe, intended strike him at birth. Fate, however, allowed to remain safe Cupid. Formed beautiful as her mother, and bold as his father, and unable to be guided by reason, in the manner of their jungle nurses. In the forest produced a bow with ash, cypress and arrows. Later, Venus gave her golden bow and arrows. The arrows were of two kinds: a gold rush had to give love, while others had lead to plant forgetfulness and ingratitude in hearts. In addition, he was granted the power that neither men nor gods, nor his mother or even his own chest wounds were immune to that produced their arrows, as evidenced by the love for Psyche, to which he was subjected. The Nereid Thetis, the day of her marriage to Peleus, obtained for Jupiter Cupid's forgiveness and the grace to be admitted among the gods patricians.