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Ovid's account of the story is the fullest and most detailed of the surviving ones.According to him, Clytie was a lover of Helios, until Aphrodite made him fall in love with a Persian mortal princess, Leucothoe, in order to take revenge on him for telling her husband Hephaestus of her affair with the god of war Ares, whereupon he ceased to care for her and all the other goddesses he had loved ...
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Other gods are sometimes considered patrons of homosexual love between males, such as the love goddess Aphrodite and gods in her retinue, such as the Erotes: Eros, Himeros and Pothos. [5] Eros is also part of a trinity of gods that played roles in homoerotic relationships, along with Heracles and Hermes , who bestowed qualities of beauty (and ...
Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). [2] The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (/ ˈ s aɪ k iː /; Ancient Greek: Ψυχή, lit.
'Love, Desire') is the Greek god of love and sex. His Roman counterpart is Cupid ('desire'). [ 4 ] In the earliest account, he is a primordial god , while in later accounts he is described as one of the children of Aphrodite and Ares and, with some of his siblings, was one of the Erotes , a group of winged love gods.
How to apply the Ancient Greeks' eight words for 'love' to your life.
In ancient Greek mythology, Rhodopis (Ancient Greek: Ῥοδῶπις, romanized: Rhodôpis, lit. 'rosy-faced', [1] Ancient Greek pronunciation: [r̥odɔ̂ːpis]) and Euthynicus [a] (Ancient Greek: Εὐθύνικος, romanized: Euthúnikos) are two young hunters sworn to chastity who incurred the wrath of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. [2]