Cupid Transformations

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A reader then understands that there are no forces that can stop these transformations from occurring because change is inevitable. Continuing, Ovid tells the story of Apollo and Daphne. Apollo infuriates Cupid when they get into an argument. It began when Apollo asks Cupid why he would have a bow when it only “befits [his] brawn,” making Cupid outraged at the ridicule (Ovid 655). Cupid retaliates by shooting two arrows, one hitting Apollo and the other hitting Daphne. His vengeance causes “one [to fall] in love” and “the other [not to] hear of it” (Ovid 656). Apollo falls in love with Daphne while Daphne forbids to fall in love with anyone, especially not Apollo. She wants to remain a virgin for the rest of her life, “[loathing] anything

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