All 3 Uses of
Cupid
in
The Fountainhead
- He and Keating had put their best efforts into designing the most ornate of all Rococo palaces for future patrons who could pay twenty-five dollars per day per room and who were fond of plaster flowers, marble cupids and open elevator cages of bronze lace.†
Chpt 1.9
- I do not think these would have been very attractive if real, but since they are bad plaster imitations, it is all right.... The bedroom windows face a brick wall, not a very neat wall, but nobody needs to see the bedrooms.... The front windows are large enough and admit plenty of light, as well as the feet of the marble cupids that roost on the outside.†
Chpt 1.9
- The cupids are well fed and present a pretty picture to the street, against the severe granite of the facade; they are quite commendable, unless you just can't stand to look at dimpled soles every time you glance out to see whether it's raining.†
Chpt 1.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(Cupid) Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In earlier Greek mythology, Cupid was strikingly handsome.