Note to A Midsummer's Night Dream, 1.1.170: "By his best arrow with the golden head"


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By his best arrow with the golden head: According to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Cupid's sharp, gold-tipped arrow produced love, his blunt, lead-tipped arrow, aversion.
Cupid by Bertel Thorvaldsen
Danish sculptor 1770 - 1844
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