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ἔρος

eros

love, desire

Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.

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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.
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