What is Eros the god of?
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love and desire
Eros embodies the attracting power of love: now gentle affection, now overwhelming passion.
💡 Did you know? Some poets made him the oldest of all forces, without which nothing could come to be.
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With what does Eros kindle love?
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with bow and arrow
Whoever is struck by Eros's golden arrow falls hopelessly in love; a leaden arrow does the opposite.
💡 Did you know? Even Apollo was struck: his hopeless love for Daphne ended when she turned into a laurel tree.
Which mortal did Eros love in the famous tale?
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Psyche
Eros fell in love with the beautiful Psyche and visited her only in the dark, hidden from her eyes.
💡 Did you know? After many trials Psyche was made immortal: her name means „soul.“
What is Eros called by the Romans?
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Amor or Cupid
For the Romans, Eros is the love god Amor (also Cupid).
💡 Did you know? As a chubby cherub with bow and arrow he still adorns every Valentine's card today.
As son of which goddess is Eros seen in later myths?
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of Aphrodite
In later tales Eros is the winged son of the love goddess Aphrodite.
💡 Did you know? In the oldest myths, by contrast, he was a primal force without parents, older than almost everything.
What does the name of Eros's beloved Psyche mean?
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„soul“
Psyche means „soul“; the story of Eros and Psyche is seen as a parable of love and the soul.
💡 Did you know? From her name come words like „psychology“ and „psychic.“
As what does Eros appear in Hesiod's Theogony?
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as a primordial god
Beside Chaos and Gaia at the world's beginning.
💡 Did you know? Only later did he become Aphrodite's winged boy.
Which two kinds of arrows does Eros carry?
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golden and leaden
Gold kindles love, lead repels it.
💡 Did you know? Thus he tormented Apollo with fleeing Daphne.
With what did Psyche unwittingly drive away her beloved?
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with an oil lamp
A hot drop woke the sleeping Eros.
💡 Did you know? The ban on ever looking at him was thus broken.
Who set Psyche the well-nigh impossible tasks?
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Aphrodite
Ants, reeds and an eagle helped in secret.
💡 Did you know? Finally Psyche fetched beauty from the underworld.
How did the story of Eros and Psyche end?
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with a wedding on Olympus
Zeus made Psyche immortal.
💡 Did you know? Their daughter is called Voluptas: bliss.
Which Roman author told the tale of Eros and Psyche?
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Apuleius
As a tale within the novel “The Golden Ass”.
💡 Did you know? An ancestor of “Beauty and the Beast”.
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