Eros
Erosis the god oflove,lust,andsexinGreek mythology.
According toHesiod'sTheogony,Eros came from theChaos.Later it was said that he was the son ofAresandAphrodite.
His lover isPsyche.
Eros has abowandgoldenarrowswith whom he can shoot at people so they will fall in love, but he has alsoleadenarrows which make people hate others.
There is a famous statue which many people think is to Eros, but is actually to Anteros inLondonin Piccadilly Circus.
From the name Eros we get the worderotic,meaning: to do with sexual love (passionate and physical). There is also a noun:eroticism.
Eros is the son of Aphrodite.
Eros' main myth is: "the myth of Eros and Psyche" in which Eros and Psyche fall in love after psyche is put through tasks by Aphrodite.
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