This god shoots love darts – but no, it's not Cupid
- Written by Jeffery D. Long, Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Elizabethtown College
With the coming of Valentine’s Day, images of a chubby Cupid aiming his arrows of love at unwary humans’ hearts seem to be everywhere.
The Cupid that Americans see splashed across greeting cards and chocolate boxes began life as a Roman God of...