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arrows, and quiver as well as by his blindfold (see p. 41).
Amor (known to the Greeks as Eros), the “winged son”
of Mars and Venus, was the god of passionate love, de-
scribed for example by Apuleius m the story of Amor
and Psyche: “rash enough and hardy, who by his evil
manners, condemning all public justice and law, armed
with fire and arrows, running up and down in the mghts
from house to house, and corrupting the lawful mar-
riages of every person, doth nothing (and yet he is not
punished) but that which is evil.” 2?
The young woman placed directly below Amor is his
mother, Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. The
group of young women dancing to her right are identi-
fiable above all because they are three in number. These
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Amor (known to the Greeks as Eros), the “winged son”
of Mars and Venus, was the god of passionate love, de-
scribed for example by Apuleius m the story of Amor
and Psyche: “rash enough and hardy, who by his evil
manners, condemning all public justice and law, armed
with fire and arrows, running up and down in the mghts
from house to house, and corrupting the lawful mar-
riages of every person, doth nothing (and yet he is not
punished) but that which is evil.” 2?
The young woman placed directly below Amor is his
mother, Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. The
group of young women dancing to her right are identi-
fiable above all because they are three in number. These
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