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Courtly Love is a literary genre of poetry that began in the south of France in the 12th century during the period known as the High Middle Ages. In this new genre of poetry, motifs were established that are still...

Narcissus is a figure from Greek mythology who was so impossibly handsome that he fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. Even the lovely nymph Echo could not manage to tempt him from his self-absorption...

Dael tries not to be cynical about Valentine’s Day this year, instead telling the grand love story of Eros and Psyche. Featuring the Greek version of Cupid, accidents involving magical...

Did you know that there was not just one deity for the night sky, but numerous gods, titans and nymphs all responsible for different aspects of the night sky, the winds and the seasons? When you think of the Greek...

Eros with the helmet of Mars, 3rd century CE, marble, Ny Carlsberg Glytotek (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta (now Remake) from Autodesk. In Greek mythology, Eros was the Greek god of love. His Roman counterpart...

The Love God, the novel by Martin Campbell, tells the story of Antinous, the Greek man who conquered Hadrian, the great Roman emperor. The novel begins in Claudiopolis with the birth of Antinous and a serious accident that would...