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Psyche
, by the French neoclassical painter François Gérard (1770–1837). Cupid (or Eros) was a popular subject in mythological and sentimental works of art, where he is often portrayed as a winged child with a bow and arrows, which he shoots through the hearts of men and women, causing them to fall in love. He fell in love with Psyche, a Greek nymph who personified the soul.', copy:'(Image © Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)'});)
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Late Greek personification of the soul as a winged girl or young woman. In Greek mythology, she was the youngest and most beautiful of three princesses. Incensed by her beauty, Aphrodite ordered her son Eros, the god of love, to inspire Psyche with desire for the vilest creatures. Instead, he fell in love with her, in some traditions by accidently grazing himself with his arrow.
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