It is a vase of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, who is going to strike her mischievous son Eros—in Roman mythology, known as Cupid—with ... of Athens: The statue shows an Aphrodite ...

Some of his favorite artworks to see in Europe are in Italy, as is his most-adored statue ... The World According to mythology, Apollo fell in love with Daphne after Cupid hit him with an arrow.