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Answer for the clue "A god who opposed Cupid ", 7 letters:
anteros

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In Greek mythology , Anteros was the god of requited love, literally "love returned" or "counter-love" and also the punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others, or the avenger of unrequited love . Anteros was the son of Ares and Aphrodite ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly historical in Ancient Greece English) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.

Usage examples of anteros.

Leander and Hero, the signal-lamp was dedicated to Anteros, witIl the edict that no man should light it unless his love had proved fortunate.