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Eros

Eros was the Greek god of love and desire, in early myth a primeval force and later the son of Aphrodite, shown as a winged youth with bow and arrows. The Boeotian city of Thespiae was his chief cult centre, with a famous statue by Praxiteles and a festival, the Erotidia. The Romans knew him as Cupid or Amor.

Eros
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Eros. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/eros
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