A part of the fresco "Triumph of Galatea," created by Raphael around 1512 for the Villa Farnesina in Rome. Art Images via Getty Images Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god ...

As Valentine’s Day approaches, there’s one figure you’ll probably see everywhere you look. You won’t be able to miss him while planning Valentine’s Day ideas and browsing for the perfect Valentine’s ...

Cupid is known as a chubby baby with wings, curly hair a bow and arrow, and is said to have the power to make people fall in love, but he was not always depicted this way. The original Cupid was not a ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting victims, I take refuge in my training as a scholar of early Greek poetry ...