"Cupid vincit omnia"
"Amor vincit omnia" - you have probably heard this phrase before. You may be familiar with a film, novel, or work of art with this title. Perhaps you would like to know what this well-known saying actually means, where it comes from and what it specifically refers to? A Latin dictionary and a look back at history can help you answer this question.
"Amor vincit omnia" comes from Virgil's tenth eclogue
- "Amor vincit omnia" - this phrase is Latin and means: Love conquers everything.
- This famous saying originally comes from a work by the famous poet and epic poet Virgil. In the 69. Verse of the tenth eclogue, a shepherd's poem, says: "Omnia vincit amor" - and it continues with: "et nos cedamus amori". Translated into German, the text reads: "Love conquers everything, so we want to submit to love too."
- The sentence quickly became a catchphrase, later used in arts and crafts literature.
- The minstrels of the 13th and 14. In the 19th century, Virgil's famous passage is said to have been his motto.
- Numerous modern songs, films or novels have this saying in their title.
- Variations such as B. "Omnia vincit amor" are possible. In Latin, the order of the words does not play a decisive role.
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Love conquers everything - the name of a famous painting
- Often the words "Amor vincit omnia" also refer to a famous painting by the Italian baroque painter Caravaggio.
- Caravaggio - whose real name was actually Michelangelo Merisi - provided the picture of the Cupid Completed around 1602, in German it is also known as "Sieghafter Amor", "Amor als Sieger" or "Siegliche Liebe". You can see the work of art in the Berlin State Museums.
- Caravaggio's painting shows the god of love in the form of a boy about twelve years old. The motif is typical of its time, but the realistic representation is unusual for the early Baroque. Caravaggio did not paint Amor in an idealized way or in an unearthly beautiful way. Instead, the boy looks lively and real, cheeky and mischievous.
- The Roman god of love is surrounded by various objects such as u. a. Musical instruments, a laurel wreath, pieces of armor, writing tools, etc. This is to show that in the end love triumphs over all human creation and also over power and science.
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