Eros

Primordial Desire, fairest of gods, who subdues all minds.

Parentage

• parent: Aphrodite

Domains

• desire

Powers

• Overpowers the mind and limbs of gods and men
• Compels union and generation throughout the cosmos

Epithets

• λυσιμελής greek · lysimeles · literaryLimb-loosener; he who slackens the limbs and overpowers the mindHes. Theog. 121; Sappho fr. 130 (Ἔρος... λυσιμέλης) (primary)
• πρωτογόνος greek · protogonos · hymnicFirst-born; the primordial Eros of the Orphic cosmogonyAristoph. Birds 693-702; Orphic Hymn 6 (Protogonos) (secondary)

Relations

• sibling: Anteros
• counterpart of: ErosTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Orphic Hymns 57 (Taylor; modern 58) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 120-122 (primary)