Cupid (Roman deity)

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016006809

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF PersonalName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Variants

• Cupido (Roman deity)
• Amor (Roman deity)
• Amore (Roman deity)

Additional Information

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no2016006809

• Descriptor

  Roman deity

• Descriptor

  Gods, Roman

• Gender

  Males

Use For

• Cupid (Roman deity)

Related Terms

• Eros (Greek deity)

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cno2016006809#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Cupid Label from public data source Wikidata
• Cupid (Roman deity)

Sources

• found: Le nozze di Amore, e di Psiche, 1738:title page (Amore) page 5 (Amore, the son of Venere [Venus])
• found: Wikipedia, January 19, 2016:Cupid page (In Classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido, meaning "desire) is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection; he is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars, and is known in Latin as Amor ("love"). His Greek counterpart is Eros)
• found: Theoi Greek mythology website, February 28, 2017(Eros. God of: procreation. Other names: Phanes. Roman name: Amor) - http://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Eros.html

Change Notes

• 2016-01-19: new
• 2017-03-03: revised

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• SKOS - RDF/XML
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• MADS/XML
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