Eros

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Introduction  Eros is the Greek god of love, lust, passion, and intercourse. Eros is portrayed both as a middle aged man and a young boy with wings. When depicted as a young child, he is holding a bow and arrows and sometimes a flaming torch. Eros is sometimes seen riding a dolphin or a lion. Eros carried two different types of arrows which included golden arrows and lead arrows. Golden arrows were used to make his victims fall in love, and the lead arrows were used to make his victims do the exact opposite of the golden arrows. Eros would shoot his victims with the bow and arrow to make them fall in love with another or do the complete opposite.

 The Birth of Eros  There are many varying stories of how Eros came about. One version says that Eros came out of a time called Chaos. Chaos was supposedly a time of nothingness. If Eros in fact did come from the time of Chaos, he would be one of the oldest gods. Once Eros came into the Universe, he made everything perfect. Another version of Eros' becoming is that he is the child of Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, and Ares, god of war. Later on, Eros becomes Aphrodite's companion. Others say that Eros is the offspring of Erebus, god of the underworld and darkness, and Nyx, goddess of night. <span style="color: rgb(0, 180, 255); font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(54, 121, 242); font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(64, 201, 150);"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">         <span style="color: rgb(0, 180, 255); font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(54, 121, 242); font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(64, 201, 150);"><span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="display: block; color: rgb(135, 47, 254); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 181, 255); font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 180, 255); font-family: Georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(54, 121, 242); font-family: Georgia,serif;">      <span style="color: rgb(148, 41, 255); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; color: rgb(160, 51, 255); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: rgb(148, 41, 255); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: rgb(160, 51, 255); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(145, 0, 219);"><span style="color: rgb(124, 0, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(213, 78, 253);"> Eros' Love Eros had two different arrows in which he would shoot his victims with. The first was a golden arrow which caused his victim to fall in love with another. The second arrow was made lead and caused the opposite of love. There is a story in which Eros  <span style="color: rgb(148, 41, 255); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">falls in love with a mortal named Psyche. Eros' mother and companion Aphrodite sends Eros to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest man in the world because of the fact that Aphrodite is jealous of Psyche's beauty. Eros ends up falling in love with the beautiful woman and sees her every night, in complete darkness. This is because Eros does not want her to find out who he is. One night while Eros is sleeping, Psyche shines a light on Eros' face, which causes some oil to drip on his face. Eros wakes up in fury and leaves her. Psyche looks for Eros for a very long time and eventually, Zeus reunites them and allows them to marry. In some stories, it is said that Psyche has Eros' child, of which was named "Hedone". Hedone is another word for sex.

<span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(255, 15, 15);">Cupid? <span style="color: rgb(255, 41, 125); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Eros was given to the Romans for a period of time. This is when Eros received the name "Cupid". Cupid is the Latin word for "love". To the Romans, Eros was thought of differently, rather than being the god of love. The Romans thought of their "Cupid" as life after death while the Greeks thought of Eros as being perfectly beautiful and loving. There is a story that people today still know, in which Cupid strikes people with his arrows to make them fall in love. The image of Cupid is usually a small winged child that carries a bow and arrrow.

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