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[[File:File-Eros - Pompeiian statue - Naples Archeological Museum.jpg|thumb|upright|a statue of Eros]]

'''Eros''' is the god of [[love]], [[lust]], and [[sexual intercourse|sex]] in [[Greek mythology]].

According to [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'', Eros came from the [[Chaos (mythology)|Chaos]]. Later it was said that he was the son of [[Ares]] and [[Aphrodite]].

His lover is [[Psyche (mythology)|Psyche]].

Eros has a [[bow (weapon)|bow]] and [[gold]]en [[arrow]]s with whom he can shoot at people so they will fall in love, but he has also [[lead]]en arrows which make people hate others.

There is a famous statue which many people think is to Eros, but is actually to Anteros in [[London]] in Piccadilly Circus.

From the name Eros we get the word '''erotic''', 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.

==Related pages==
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* [[Cupid]], the version of Eros in [[Roman mythology]]
*[[433 Eros]]

[[Category:Greek gods and goddesses]]
[[Category:Gods and goddesses of love and lust]]

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