希臘神話:丘比特
Eros was the god of love，better known by hislatin name Cupid．Son of Aphrodite by Ares ，he took his place among the small gods of Olympus．He was represented asa little naked boy，with sparkling wings，and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered．Shooting his thrilling arrows in evils，he inspired the passion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction．The lovely，naughty god had two kinds of arrows：the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it． Besides，he had a torch to light hearts with．
Though sometimes he was blindfolded ，no man nor god，Zeus himself included，was safe from his evils．At one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and suchburning love was awakened in him for the human maiden Psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg Zeus for justice．Another famousstory where Eros played an important part was the Argonautic expedition．Medea，daughter of king Aeetes，was wounded by Eros' arrows，took Jason's part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the hero's wife．
厄洛斯是愛神，它的拉丁名稱丘比特更爲人熟知。他是阿瑞斯和阿芙羅狄蒂的兒子，是一位小奧林波斯山神。他的形象是一個裸體的小男孩，有一對閃閃發光的翅膀。他帶着弓箭漫遊。他惡作劇地射出令人震顫的神箭，喚起愛的激情。給自然界帶來生機，授予萬物繁衍的能力。這位可愛而又淘氣的小精靈有兩種神箭：加快愛情產生的金頭神箭和中止愛情的鉛頭神箭。另外，他還有一束照亮心靈的火炬。
儘管有時他被蒙着眼睛，但沒有任何人或神，包括宙斯在內，能逃避他的惡作劇。有一次這位淘氣的精靈被自己的箭射中。對人間少女普賽克熾熱的愛在他心中復甦，以致於他不顧他母親的干預，鼓起勇氣讓宙斯給予公正評判。厄洛斯起了重大作用的另一個著名的故事是亞爾古英雄的遠征。美狄亞，國王埃厄忒斯的女兒，被厄洛斯的神箭射中，和伊阿宋一起尋覓金羊毛，最後成爲這位英雄的妻子。
