. Eros whetting hia dnrte. 1 •? la Chaascc, Gemmc A nliche.) As a personal deity he is prominent in Sophocles,and still more so in Euripides. The parentageof this Eros is very differently described. He isusually represented as a son of Aphrodite, buthis father is either Ares, Zeus, or Hermes ( p. 178 ; Cic. N. D. iii. 28). In this stageEros has nothing to do with uniting the dis-cordant elements of the universe, or with tin-higher sympathy or love which binds humankind together, but he is purely the god of 326 EROS sensual
. Eros whetting hia dnrte. 1 •? la Chaascc, Gemmc A nliche.) As a personal deity he is prominent in Sophocles,and still more so in Euripides. The parentageof this Eros is very differently described. He isusually represented as a son of Aphrodite, buthis father is either Ares, Zeus, or Hermes ( p. 178 ; Cic. N. D. iii. 28). In this stageEros has nothing to do with uniting the dis-cordant elements of the universe, or with tin-higher sympathy or love which binds humankind together, but he is purely the god of 326 EROS sensual love, who bears sway over the inha-bitants of Olympus as well as over men and allliving creatures. His arms consist of arrows,which he carries in a golden quiver, and of. Eros. {Museum CapitoUnum, vol. iv. tav. 57.) torches which no one can touch with arrows are of different power: some aregolden, and kindle love in the heart they wound;others are blunt, and produce aversion anddisaster (Eur. Iph. Aul. 548; Ov. Met. i. 468).Gentler attributes were flowers, as belonging tothe god of spring, the time of love, and the lyrefor love songs. In art he was at first generallyrepresented as a beautiful boy approaching theage of a young man; and from an early period,though it is uncertain how early, with wings,which usually denote a fjadfxav rather than a6e6s- Phidias placed on the base of the statueof Zeus at Olympia Eros receiving Aphrodite
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