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Definition of eros : Love; the god of love; - by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.

Synonyms:

physical attraction, concupiscence, sexual desire

Gaea, Ares, Zeus, banshee, dryad, Demeter, Hear, Pluto, Aphrodite, nixie, Gaia, troll, pixie, Kronos, fairy, Jove, gnome, Juno, Diana, Phoebus, Mars, Dionysus, deity, Hephaestus, Hyperion, wood nymph, Cupid, Thor, Poseidon, Vulcan, Athena, mermaid, Helios, Rhea, Saturn, Minerva, Venus, Bacchus, Jupiter, Apollo, nix, Artemis, Cronus, Persephone, Proserpina, Hermes, Ceres, Nike, elf, sprite, hobgoblin, brownie, nymph

Usage examples:

• Very slowly, and with seeming reluctance, she turned her head towards him, and- oh, thou mischievous Puck, that sometimes takest upon thee the semblance of Eros, what skill is thine! - "Thelma", Marie Corelli.
• No Greek really looked upon his Apollo as a pointed pillar of wood, his Eros as a lump of stone. - "Human, All-Too-Human, Part II", Friedrich Nietzsche.
• The goddess stands, half- timidly, while Eros alights in airy fashion on her shoulders and fans her with his wings- an exquisite little thing. - "Old Calabria", Norman Douglas.