. Greek mythology systematized . s that Mr. George Smith, the great Assyrian discoverer,added to the British Museum. Descendants of Aphrodite. Aphrodite and Ares—i, Deimos; 2, Harmonia; 3,Eros, or Cupid ; 4, Anteros. Aphrodite and Anchises—^neas. (For the story of Cadmus and Harmonia, see Ares ;for that of ^neas, see Trojan War.) EROS, OR CUPID (AMOR). We have already distinguished between the cosmo-gonic Eros of Hesiod and the more personal Eros ofthe philosophers and early poets, and we must regard asa still different being Eros, the son of Aphrodite. Thislast conception of Eros was at first
. Greek mythology systematized . s that Mr. George Smith, the great Assyrian discoverer,added to the British Museum. Descendants of Aphrodite. Aphrodite and Ares—i, Deimos; 2, Harmonia; 3,Eros, or Cupid ; 4, Anteros. Aphrodite and Anchises—^neas. (For the story of Cadmus and Harmonia, see Ares ;for that of ^neas, see Trojan War.) EROS, OR CUPID (AMOR). We have already distinguished between the cosmo-gonic Eros of Hesiod and the more personal Eros ofthe philosophers and early poets, and we must regard asa still different being Eros, the son of Aphrodite. Thislast conception of Eros was at first represented by ayouth whose face was radiant with a beauty of which itis said, It comes from God and it leads to God. Later, a lighter ideal of Aphrodites son, better knownas Cupid, was represented as a mischievous boy with aquiverful of golden arrows, with which he made mercilesshavoc among human hearts. myths of this brother of Cupid are vague andconflicting. One is, that he strove to undo the work PSYCHE. 293. Eros, of his brother, while a second makes him the avengerof unrequited love. The first theory is favored by astatement of Pausanias: At Elis there is a Cupid andthe divinity which is called Anteros. Cupid holds inhis hand a branch of a palm tree, and Anteros endeavorsto take it from him. was the daughter of a king, and was theyoungest of three sisters. She was so beautiful thatpeople neglected the worship of Aphrodite for that ofPsyche, and in revenge the goddess sent her son Erosto fill the heart of Psyche with love for some inferiorbeing. Eros went in quest of the lovely maiden, butwhen he saw her his own heart was filled with lovefor her. This love increased, and he even asked hismothers permission to marry Psyche, and finally re- 25* 294 GREEK MYTHOLOGY.
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