Eros (god)
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Eros (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
, Eros (
Greek
: Ἔρως) was the
primordial god
of
lust
,
love
, and
intercourse
; he was also worshipped as a fertility deity. His name is the root of words such as
erotic
. In some myths, he was the son of the deity
Aphrodite
. Like
Dionysus
, he was sometimes referred to as Eleutherios, "the liberator". His
Roman
equivalent was
Cupid
, "desire", also known as Amor, "love".
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