god
Amor (Love)
Love
also: Cupid, Eros
Love personified. Lucretius derives the very 'name of Love' from Venus and then dismantles its power as the play of images.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §4.67 Love
Amor personified; Lucretius derives the name itself from Venus, then sets out to break love's hold over the mind.
- On the Nature of Things §5.56 winged Love
Amor (Cupid), Love personified as a winged boy whose 'spurs' goad the stallion; here a figure for desire in animals.