Greek Lyric III Ibycus Frag 324) (Greek scholia) :\"Apollonios (Apollonius) [Greek poet C3rd B.C.] child of Aphrodite and Ares, Ibykos (Ibycus) [poet C6th B.C.] The Parentage of Eros. EROS IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Throughout Greek thought, there appear to be two sides to the conception of Eros.In the first, he is a primeval deity who embodies not only the force of erotic love but also the creative urge of ever-flowing nature, the firstborn Light for the coming into being and ordering of all things in the cosmos. makes him child of Ge (Gaea, Earth) and Ouranos (Uranus, Sky), Simonides [Greek poet C6th-5th B.C.] 700 bce ), Eros was a primeval god, son of Chaos, the original primeval emptiness of the universe, but later tradition made him the son of Aphrodite, goddess of sexual love and beauty, by either Zeus (the king of the gods), Ares (god of war and of battle), or Hermes (divine messenger of the gods). The Greek comic playwright Aristophanes (c. 460 - c. 38… . His Roman counterpart was Cupid ("desire"). The name Eros is given to two gods of the Greek pantheon, the first being one of the Protogenoi, and the second, a son of Aphrodite, with the second Eros being by far the most famous of the two. Eros (Template:Lang-grc, "Intimate Love"), in Greek mythology, was the primordial god of sexual love and beauty. Here he perhaps represented a universal love. He was also worshipped as a fertility deity.

. ((lacuna)), and Hesiod [Greek poet C8th-7th B.C.] In the earliest account, he is a primordial god, while in later accounts he is described as one of the children of Aphrodite and Ares and, with some of his siblings, was one of the Erotes, a group of winged love gods. Scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes (trans. Eros, in Greek religion, god of love. makes Eros child of Aphrodite, Sappho [Greek poet C6th B.C.] In other traditions, such as the Orphic cosmogonies, Eros is born a hermaphrodite from an egg which was put by the Titan Chronos (who represents Time) into the womb of Chaos.

In the Theogony of Hesiod (fl. According to Hesiod in his Theogony, Eros was one of the primaeval gods who, along with Chaos and Gaia (Earth), was responsible for the Creation. In Greek mythology, Eros is the Greek god of love and sex. Greek Legends and Myths. Campbell, Vol. His Roman counterpart was Cupid ("desire"), also known as Amor ("love"). No Title [[The Eros Farnese, a Pompeiian marble thought to be a copy of the colossal Eros of Thespiae by Praxiteles|250px]] The Eros Farnese, a Pompeiian marble thought to be a copy of the colossal Eros of Thespiae by Praxiteles No Title No information.