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Eros


            Eros was the Greek god of love. Some people say he was one of the first gods to emerge from primeval Chaos, hatched from the world egg, and is considered to be one of the oldest .
             gods. There are other theories relating to his coming about: He is held to be the son of Aphrodite and Hermes, or Aphrodite and Ares, or even Aphrodite and Zeus. A story even holds that he was the son of Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, and Zephyrus, the West Wind.
             In recent mythology, Eros is shown as the son of Aphrodite and Ares, and is one of the younger Gods. He is shown as a playful, winged boy with a bow and arrows. He wounds both gods and men with his unerring and irresistible arrows of desire. He has two sets of arrows: golden arrows with dove feathers for love, and leaden arrows with owl feathers for indifference. .
             It was Eros who shot an arrow of love into the heart of the most beautiful mortal woman Helen, making her instantly fall in love with the Trojan prince Paris. This infatuation led to Paris and Helen running away to Troy, which infuriated Greeks who began the Trojan War in retaliation.
            


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