Cupid Cupido Cupidity Cup Capacity

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~ CUPID  or EROS or AMOR     see> PSYCHE
^u       see> CONCUPISCENCE  sug> ADONIS
     id+ | EXAGGERATED DESIRE CAUSING SUFFERING |
     note CUPID WAS BOILING WITH DESIRES    sug> ITCH
          CAUSING GREAT UNEASE              sug> DISEASE
     OFTEN CHILDISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE       sug> URGE
     or in modern terms IMMATURE            sug> SOPHOMORIC
     HE WAS GIVEN THE FIGURE OF             sug> EROS
     A CHILD ARCHER                         sug> KISS
     WHO WOUNDED HEARTS AT RANDOM           sug> BLIND
     EVEN THOSE OF HIS OWN PARENTS          sug> ZEUS
     HE HAD A MORTAL QUALITY                sug> HUMAN
     REPLICATED IN ADONIS WHO WAS A MORTAL  see> ADONIS
     art> MANY PAINTERS DEPICTED CUPID  AMONG THEM
          WILLIAM ETTY 1787-1849 WHO PAINTED
     CUPID AND PSYCHE RECLINING ON THE CLOUDS
     BOTH ARE DEPICTED WINGED AND ETHEREAL now at
     the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
     among popular renditions are
     "CUPID BLOWING A SOAP BUBBLE " by REMBRANDT
     and versions by BRONZINO and CRANACH
     now at the London National Gallery
     TITIAN shows VENUS BANDAGING THE EYES OF CUPID
            can be seen at the Villa Borghese in Rome
~ CUPIDO  id+ | DESIRE | note
          sp QUIERO = DESIRE and LOVE
             AMOR     implies NO PASSION
     lat CUPIDO       DESIRE
         CUPIO        GLAD or LONG FOR      sug> LONGING
         CUPA         CUP or VAT            sug> CAPACITY
         CUPPA        HOSTESS SERVING WINE  sug> YEN
     sp  CUPO         ALLOTMENT             sug> LOT
         COPA         GLASS                 sug> CHARM CHARA
     lat CUPPEDIA     IMMODERATE DESIRE     sug> CUPIDITY
         CUPEDO       LUST  GREED  GLUTTONY sug> LECHEROUS
         CUPERE       CAPACITY              sug> POWER
         CUPIDITAS    EAGER  in good sense  sug> WILLING
                      COVET  in bad  sense  sug> CUPIDITY
         CUPIDITATES  PASSION               sug> AFFECTION
     sp  CUPO         CAPACITY              sug> POTENTIAL
                      perhaps CUPID and
                      BOILING with DESIRE relates to
     ukr KIPIT        TO BOIL
     skt KAPYAT       TO BOIL
     sug> APPETITE
     myth> GOD OF PASSION DESIRE LOVE     see> EROS
     id+ | WHEN CUPID GAINED PSYCHE       sug> SOUL
           DESIRE EMBRACED MIND           sug> EGO
           RESULTING IN BLISS | from [23] sug> DELIGHT
     ply> | BOILING DESIRE MAY HURT LIKE  sug> HOT
            A BLISTERING BOIL |           sug> SULTRY
~ CUPIDITY  id+ | WEAKNESS ROOTED IN WISH |
                  by extension linked with
  CORRUPTING GREED  AVARICE  COVETOUSNESS  see> BRIBE
  note ideas linked with CUPID
       POSITIVE for LOVE         sug> AMOR
       NEGATIVE for LUST         sug> LUXURY
  note NUANCES AND CONTRASTS BETWEEN
       LOVE DESIRE PASSION AFFECTION
  in part reflected in contrasts among
  CUPID EROS ADONIS and AMOR
  consider AGAPE  VENUS  APHRODITE  ASTARTE
  lit+ APULEIUS [#] in " The Golden Ass " [23]
       offers the story about CUPID and PSYCHE
  compressed by W PATER [#] in
  " Marius the Epicurian " [6]
  note APHRODITE  THE MOTHER OF CUPID
       BECAME JEALOUS OF THE BEAUTY OF PSYCHE
  SHE ASKED CUPID TO HARM HER
  INSTEAD CUPID " FALLS " IN LOVE       sug> SLUMP
  " ... IN A CERTAIN CITY
  LIVED A KING AND QUEEN WHO HAD
  THREE DAUGHTERS EXCEEDINGLY FAIR ...  sug> COMELY
  BUT THE BEAUTY OF THE ELDER ...
  YET PASSED NOT THE MEASURE
  OF HUMAN PRAISE ...                   sug> ADORATION
  MEN'S SPEECH WAS TOO POOR
  TO COMMEND IT                         sug> LAUD
  WORTHILY AND COULD EXPRESS IT
  NOT AT ALL ...
  SOON A RUMOR PASSED ...
  THE STARS  NOT THE SEA
  NOW   BUT THE EARTH HAD PUT FORTH
  A NEW VENUS ENDOWED
  WITH THE FLOWER OF VIRGINITY ...       sug> PURE
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& CUPID
  id+ PSYCHE IS THE FRUIT OF LOVE TRIUMPHANT AND IMMORTAL
  myth> CUPID IS A CHILD GOD OF DESIRE AND PASSION
        BEING A CHILD
  CUPID IS UNABLE TO FULLY LOVE
  in late myths HE WAS SHOWN
                AS THE SON OF VENUS & JUPITER
  in older myths  CUPIE or CUPID
                  EROS and AMOR
  ARE MORE DISTINCT FROM EACH OTHER
  note CUPID IS SHOWN AS A CHILD         see> ADULT
       MAY STAND AS A SEPARATION
  OF PASSION FROM
  THE NURTURING ADULT LOVE or DEVOTION   sug> TRUST
  AN EMPHASIS ON A STATE OF
  UNEASINESS or UNEASE                   sug> DISEASE
  INFLICTED BY WOUNDING A HEART
  WITH ARROWS THAT WERE
  EITHER BLUNT or SHARP
  note THE ARROWS CAME FROM
       A JUVENILE IMPRUDENT ARCHER
  THE ARROWS STRUCK ALL  EVEN ZEUS       sug> LOVE SICK
  SOME SAY HE WAS BLIND or BLINDFOLDED
  lit+ from  " CUPID AND PSYCHE " [23]
       " ... SHE BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER
  AS SHE STARED AT CUPID'S DIVINE BEAUTY
  HIS GOLDEN HAIR
  WASHED IN NECTAR AND STILL SCENTED WITH IT ...
  AT HIS SHOULDERS GREW SOFT WINGS OF THE PUREST WHITE
  AND THOUGH THEY WERE AT REST
  THE TENDER DAWN FRINGING THE FEATHERS
  QUIVERED NAUGHTILY ALL THE TIME
  THE REST OF THE BODY WAS SO SMOOTH AND BEAUTIFUL
  THAT VENUS COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ASHAMED
  TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS HER SON ... "
  art> MANY PAINTERS WORKED TO SHOW THE COMPLEX NATURE of
       EROS or CUPID   in the National Gallery in London are
  BRONZINO [#]                   VENUS AND CUPID or TIME
  Antonio A CORREGGIO [#]        THE SCHOOL OF LOVE
  GHERARDO                       THE COMBAT OF LOVE AND CHASTITY
  CRANACH Lucas                  CUPID COMPLAINING TO VENUS
                                 or CUPID THE HONEY THIEF
  LUCA SIGNORELLI                THE TRIUMPH OF CHASTITY
  TITIAN [#]                     VENUS AND ADONIS or with a MIRROR
                                 VENUS AND ADONIS WITHOUT A MIRROR
  VERONESE Paolo                 ALLEGORY OF LOVE
  THE ABOVE TITLES SHOW A BLENDING OF CONCEPTS ABOUT
  LOVE  DESIRE  AFFECTION  LUST  PASSION  COMPASSION
  med> TO BE STRUCK BY CUPID'S ARROW DENOTES A RISK FOR AN
       UNPREDICTABLE  OUTCOME FROM LOVE SICKNESS
  THE BOW OF CUPID and
  THE BOW OF THE UPPER LIP are linked
  note WE THROW or BLOW KISSES or ARROWS FROM THE BOW OF CUPID
      REPRESENTED BY OUR UPPER LIP TOWARD OUR INTENDED
  VICTIMS or TARGETS OF OUR LOVE WITH HOPES TO INDUCE
  " LOVE SICKNESS " TOWARD US  as in VALENTINE DAY
  A PIERCED HEART BY AN ARROW OF CUPID IS ITS MARK