Cupids or genii playing games. . Cupids or genii playing games. Above, a cupid holding the mask of Mormolyce, a Greek phantom, frightens two other cupids. Below, two cupids play at carpentry or joinery, with saw, hammer, bench and toolbox. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own Antichita di Ercolano (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789.