U-Eros ungunkulunkulu wothando emlandweni wamaGreki. Ngendlela, kungenxa yakhe ukuthi igama lwanamuhla elithi "erotic" lwenzeka. Ngemva kwesikhashana, unkulunkulu wothando waqala ukubizwa ngokuthi i-Cupid noma i-Cupid, nakuba lokhu, ngokuyisisekelo, kufana nokufanayo. U-Eros ungumngani ohlala njalo unkulunkulukazi u-Aphrodite.
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Ekuqaleni, u-Eros wayeyindoda enhle enesifuba esihle namaphiko ngemuva kwakhe. Ngemva kwesikhashana, amaGreki ngokwawo amphendukela waba ingane encane. Kweminye imifanekiso unkulunkulu wothando umelelwa ngehhashi ngehlengethwa noma ingonyama. Izimfanelo ezingenakuqhathaniswa ze-Eros zingumkhumbi, umnsalo nemicibisholo. Kubalulekile ukuthi imicibisholo yegolide yayinezinhlobo ezimbili: izinhlobonhlobo nezinpaphe zejuba ekugcineni zenza uthando olusheshayo, nemicibisholo enezinyoni ze-owl yaholela ekungabinandaba. U-Eros wathumela uthando , kokubili kubantu abajwayelekile, nakonkulunkulu base-Olympus. Unkulunkulu wothando ongumGreki wayenesizathu sokuthi wayengenalutho - wayehlale efana nengane, engacabangi ngezinqumo zakhe. Yingakho ngokuvamile imicibisholo yakhe ibangela imizwa lapho kungekho nhlobo isidingo.
Kweminye imifanekiso e-Eros inikezwa ngezibopho eziyimpumputhe, eqinisekisa ukungahleliwe kokukhetha futhi igcizelela inkulumo - "uthando luyimpumputhe." UNkulunkulu Wothando EGrisi Yamandulo unenhlawulo yakhe - usuku lothando nobulili, okugubha ngoJanuwari 22.
Kukhona izinguqulo eziningana ezichaza ukubonakala kwe-Eros. AmaGreki ayekholelwa ukuthi unina wayengu-Aphrodite, noyise wkulunkulu wempi Ares. Ngendlela, ngokusho komlando owodwa, uZeus wayazi ukuthi u-Eros uzoletha izinkinga nezinkinga eziningi, ngakho wayefuna ukumbulala ngesikhathi ezalwa. Ukuze asindise indodana yakhe, u-Aphrodite wamfihla ehlathini, lapho amabhubesi amabili aphakamisa khona umfana. AmaRoma anombono wawo, ngokusho ukuthi unkulunkulu wothando wazalwa ngani
Indaba yothando ka-Eros inhle kakhulu. Okhethiweyo wakhe wayeyintombazane evamile Psyche futhi ukufakazela amandla imizwa yakhe kwadingeka ukuba aphumelele izivivinyo eziningi futhi ekugcineni bafe. U-Eros wavusa othandekayo wakhe, wamnika ukungafi futhi wamenza unkulunkulukazi. Babenendodakazi ebizwa ngokuthi iPleasure. Ngokusho kwezinganekwane babenezingane eziningi ezingenamagama. Kuze kube manje, unkulunkulu wothando phakathi kwamaGreki unenani elibalulekile. Kuboniswa ezintweni ezihlukahlukene zokukhumbula kanye nasezimbizeni ngamafutha omnqumo .