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  1. Eros was the mischievous ancient Greek god of love, a minion and constant companion of the goddess Aphrodite. He lit the flame of love in the hearts of the gods and men, armed with either a bow and arrows or a flaming torch. Eros was depicted as either a handsome youth or child.

  2. Eros (/ ˈ ɪər ɒ s /, US: / ˈ ɛr ɒ s, i r ɒ s,-oʊ s /; from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) 'love, desire') is a concept in ancient Greek philosophy referring to sensual or passionate love, from which the term erotic is derived. Eros has also been used in philosophy and psychology in a much wider sense, almost as an equivalent to "life ...

  3. May 23, 2020 · Eros to the Greek poets was the literal personification of love. They gave credit, or fault, to him for all their passions, heartaches, and the foolish things they did in the name of romance. Eros was not the only god to personify a powerful emotion or force in the Greek world.

  4. Sep 7, 2020 · Eros, whose name meant “love,” was the Greek god of sexual attraction and romantic feeling. While he was one of the Erotes, the minor gods of love, he stood out as a more powerful and individualised being. This may be, in part, because of the fact that Eros had a much broader domain that most other daimones.

  5. Eros. ( Ἔρως ), in Latin, AMOR or CUPI'DO, the god of love. In the sense in which he is usually conceived, Eros is the creature of the later Greek poets; and in order to understand the ancients properly we must distinguish three Erotes: viz. the Eros of the ancient cosmogonies, the Eros of the philosophers and mysteries, who bears great ...

  6. Eros. The god of love. In the sense in which he is usually conceived, Eros is the creature of the later Greek poets; and in order to understand the ancients properly we must distinguish three Erotes: viz. the Eros of the ancient cosmogonies, the Eros of the philosophers and mysteries, who bears great resemblance to the first, and the Eros whom ...

  7. Eros was the primordial ancient Greek god (protogenos) of procreation who emerged self-formed at the dawn of creation. He was the driving force behind the generation of new life in the cosmos. The Orphics named him Phanes, a primal being hatched from the world-egg.

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