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Mythology
RECENTLY UPDATED TOPICS UNDER MYTHOLOGY
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In art Eros is represented as a beautiful youth or a winged child. His attributes are the bow and arrows and a burning torch. The rose, the hare, the cock and the goat are frequently associated with him. The most celebrated statue of him was at Thespiae, the work of Praxiteles. Other famous representations are the Vatican torso and Eros trying his bow (in the Capitoline museum) .
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TOPICS IN MYTHOLOGY
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MYTHOLOGY CATEGORIES
- Greek and Roman (1)