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Don’t underestimate Cupid – he’s not the chubby cherub you associate with Valentine’s Day

  • Written by Debbie Felton, Professor of Classics, UMass Amherst
Don’t underestimate Cupid – he’s not the chubby cherub you associate with Valentine’s Day'Cupid and Psyche' by Italian sculptor Antonio CanovaBettmann via Getty Images

Ah, Valentine’s Day: that Hallmark holiday of greeting cards and chocolates, its bloody origins almost entirely forgotten over the last 2,000 years!

What began as a Christian feast day honoring two or three early Christian martyrs – the original...

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