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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 330864, member: 5833&quot;]Yep, the <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/psyche" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/psyche" rel="nofollow">Psyche</a> of Cupid &amp; Psyche, whose marriage represents the union of physical desire with spiritual love. For the Greeks, &#039;psyche&#039; had a more complex meaning than any of the single words used to translate it in English.&nbsp; In engraved gems of <a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/52082382-1591-4208-A64C-3356A052D663" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/52082382-1591-4208-A64C-3356A052D663" rel="nofollow">Athena animating the Man made by Prometheus</a>, a butterfly symbolizes the endowed life force.</p><p><br /></p><p>The imagery of the tazza is antique valentine fare.&nbsp; One of Cupid&#039;s arrows hitting its heart target, the small &#039;c&#039; cupid winging along the edge bearing a wreath of myrtle, a plant sacred to Aphrodite.&nbsp; (Queen Victoria carried a myrtle bouquet at her wedding; Kate Middleton&#039;s bouquet had sprigs from the same plant.)&nbsp; As a wreath there is the combined meaning of love &amp; victory.&nbsp; The target is also draped with myrtle.&nbsp; The winged bust at 7 o&#039;clock may be meant to signify heavenly approval, or just round out the composition (or both).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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