Cupid’s Leaden Arrow

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences, Science

4.4 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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It’s Valentine’s Day again, which summons images of mythic Cupid and his bow. But we often forget that Cupid has TWO arrows in his quiver: the golden arrow of desire and the leaden arrow of aversion. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick discuss the mythic lead-slinger and the nature of his gray metal.

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