Deity Greek and Roman
Eros
Ἔρως ， Erōs grc
Greek god of love and sex
Overview
Greek god of love and sexWikidata record description. Read Eros in the Wikipedia reader.
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 23
Kinship in an account 23
- child of (child) Acmon Greek deity, father of Uranos
- child of (child) Aether primordial Greek deity, personification of the upper air
- child of (child) Aphrodite Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation
- child of (child) Ares Greek god of war and combat
- child of (child) Chaos Greek primordial deity
- child of (child) Enyo Greek goddess of war and destruction
- child of (child) Erebos primordial deity in Greek mythology
- child of (child) Eris Greek goddess of discord
- child of (child) Iris the personification of the rainbow in ancient Greek religion and mythology
- child of (child) Nyx Greek goddess of the night
- child of (child) Penia Greek goddess and personification of poverty
- child of (child) Porus deity
- child of (child) Zephyrus Greek god of the wind from the west, spring, fertility, procreation, luck, rebirth, vegetation, flowers, bees and honey
- parent of (father) Hedone Greek divinity; personification of pleasure
- parent of (child) Voluptas Roman deity, personification of pleasure
- partner of (spouse) partner of: recorded as none
- partner of (spouse) Psyche mythical lover of Eros/Cupid
- sibling of Anteros The God of Selfless Love in Greek mythology
- sibling of Erebos primordial deity in Greek mythology
- sibling of Gaia Greek primordial deity, the personification of the Earth
- sibling of Himeros son of Ares and Aphrodite, represents sexual desire
- sibling of Nyx Greek goddess of the night
- sibling of Pothos Greek divinity, desire/yearning personified
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