The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 94
and wjis generallydepicted as a boy of wondrous beauty, on the verge ofyouth. His characteristic weapon is a golden bow, withwhich he shoots forth his arrows from secret lurking-places, with an unfailing effect that represents the sweet TIIK OODS OV OLYMPUS. 91 l)iit oonsnminj!^ pjmcjs of lovo,… … Fig. 24.—Ero8 trying his bow. Capitoliue Museum. the imagination of the poets as the brother and compan-ion of Eros, and consequently a son of Aphrodite. As thelittle Eros, says the myth, would neither grow nor thrive,his mother, by the advice of Themis, gave him this broth- 92 GREEK AND ROMAN…
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