Valentine's Day

Ancient Holidays Cupid

Valentine's Day - About the Origins and History of Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day Origins and other February holidays.

Cupid - Lupercalia - Gamelion - Valentine's Day

Cupid, gamelion, Lupercalia, Hieros Gamos, and Valentine's Day. In the month for purification, February, one of the events involved ritual scourging of women by the luperci for the purposes of making them fetile.

Cupid, Luperci, and the Valentine's Day Saints

Gamelion and Lupercalia.

The Love Goddess

Five ancient love goddesses.

Valentine's Day Saints

The origins and history of Valentine's Day.

Lupercalia

Article on Lupercalia, a holiday from ancient Rome often associated with modern Valentine's Day, from William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.: A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities John Murray, London, 1875.