What is Eros the god of?

Eros is the Greek god of love, particularly passionate love and desire.

Eros means 'love' and 'desire', it is the name of the Greek god of love.

Who does Eros fall in love with?

Eros falls in love with and then marries Psyche.

Is Cupid and Eros the same god?

Eros is the Greek god of love and Cupid is his Roman equivalent.

Eros

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Definition

Eros was the Greek god of love, or more precisely, passionate and physical desire. Without warning Eros selects his targets and forcefully strikes at their hearts, bringing confusion and irrepressible feelings. In the words of Hesiod, he "loosens the limbs and weakens the mind'" (Theogony, 120).

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Timeline

c. 700 BCE
Greek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.