Eros n : (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid

English

Proper noun

Eros

1. The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares.

Translations

• Dutch: Eros
• French: Éros
• Portuguese: Eros

See also

• Cupid

Portuguese

Proper noun

Eros

1. Eros (mythology).

Related terms

• Cupido

Eros may refer to:

• Eros (mythology), the Greek god of love
• Eros (love), the Greek word for (especially) romantic or sexual love and the life instinct postulated by Freudian psychology, standing in opposition to Thanatos, the death instinct
• 433 Eros, an asteroid that was the principal target of the NEAR Shoemaker probe
• Eros (film), a 2004 film
• Eros (comics) a comic book superhero appearing in Marvel Comics, better known as Starfox (comics).
• Eros Comix, a line of pornographic comic books published by Fantagraphics.
• Eros Ramazzotti, an Italian pop star
• Eros, a magazine launched and published by Ralph Ginzburg in 1962
• Eros Labs, a Bollywood laboratary that makes DVDs and videos
• The Shaftesbury memorial, commonly known as the Eros Statue, a monument in Piccadilly Circus, London
• Eros, Secretary of Roman Emperor Aurelian, whose assassination he masterminded (275 AD); name provided by historian Zosimus
• Eros, Louisiana, a town in Louisiana, United States
• Eros (Deftones Album) the sixth studio album by experimental metal band Deftones
• Emperor Eros the antagonist in Alex Verman's Arkasandriel Series

See also

• EROS

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