ἔρος

eros-2

love, desire

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 4
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Book II 4
Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10

1385a23

Chapter 19 1392a8–1393a22

1392a23

Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28

1401b11

Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15

1402b3
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14

1235b20

Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25

1245a24
Topics 2
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Book VI 1
Chapter 7 145b34–146a35

146a9
Book VII 1
Chapter 1 151b28–152b35

152b9
Prior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 22 67b27–68b7

68b4
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1
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Chapter 1 974a1–975a17

975a13
Metaphysics 1
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Book Α 1
Chapter 4 984b23–985b22

984b29

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔρος (A), ὁ, acc. ἔρον, dat. ἔρῳ: poet. form of ἔρως:—A. love, desire, οὐ..θεᾶς ἔρος οὐδὲ γυναικός Il. 14.315, cf. Od. 18.212 ; freq. in phrase αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιος καὶ ἐδητύος ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο Il. 1.469, al.; ἱμερτῶν ἔργων ἐξ ἔρον ἱέμενον Thgn. 1064 ; ἔρος λυσιμελής Hes. Th. 910, cf. Ibyc. 1.6, etc.: used by Trag. in lyrics, S. El. 197, E. Med. 152, and by E. in dialogue, Hipp. 337, El. 297, al.; also in late Prose, ἔρῳ φέρεσθαι Luc. Asin. 33. II. as pr.n., Eros, the god of love, Hes. Th. 120, Alcm. 36, Sapph. 74, Theoc. 29.22.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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