Who was god Eros? The myth and his love for Psyche

Goddess Aphrodite, the mother of Eros.

According to the myth Aphrodite was born at the coast of Cyprus at the foam of the sea. Zefiros, who is the wind coming from the west, carried her and brought her to Olympus. When the gods saw her they were surprised by her amazing beauty. Aphrodite was very beautiful with white skin and long hair. Her figure was perfect and so men craved for her love.

Among all these gods and men that wanted to make her their wife, finally Hephaestus managed to marry her but he didn’t managed to keep her away from temptations. Aphrodite often had secret affairs with other gods like Dionysus, Poseidon, Hermes, Aris. From these affairs Aphrodite gave birth to many children. The most important of all these affairs was the one she had with Aris, the god of War. Aphrodite got pregnant from Aris and this child was the god Eros, who was the god of love. This child was born one summer with wings on his shoulders and arrows on his hands.

Eros was representing the passion and the love, emotions that create the life. When he was throwing his arrows to people, they started to feel passionate love and desire but at the same time those emotions made them suffer too. God Eros and goddess Aphrodite had a prominent place among the ancient gods. They were representing the beauty and the romantic mood and they make humans experience positive emotions. Humans adored them and until today they consist a source of inspiration for many artists. The most famous artworks of well-known painters have depicted their beauty and eroticism.

Psyche, the mortal girl that Eros fell in love with.

But god Eros got hurt by his own arrows and fell in love for a mortal girl, Psyche. Psyche was a very impressive and beautiful young girl. Her beauty was greater than Aphrodite’s beauty and so the goddess of beauty envied her and wanted to punish her. In order to revenge Psyche, Aphrodite ordered...continue reading