ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Aphrodite and the Gods of Love: Goddess of Love and Beauty (Getty Villa Exhibitions) The essence of Aphrodite’s power was her ability to provoke desire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cupid is, quite literally, the child of the goddess of love, Venus. In Greek mythology, he is known as Eros, and, depending on the source, was thought to be a primordial god who came into the world either asexually, from an egg, or the son of Aphrodite (Venus’ Hellenistic counterpart).

Detailed explanation-3: -Long before the Romans adopted and renamed him-and way before his association with Valentine’s Day-Cupid was known to the Greeks as Eros, the handsome god of love.

Detailed explanation-4: -Oedipus, in Greek mythology, the king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Homer related that Oedipus’s wife and mother hanged herself when the truth of their relationship became known, though Oedipus apparently continued to rule at Thebes until his death.