Essay About God Of Love And Eros

Many people don’t know what or how people fall in love. The answer
lies in Eros or Cupid, the god of love in Greek Mythology. Mythology is a
group of stories that explain a natural phenomenon or something in life. The
purpose of mythology is to state issues in life and to have a way to connect
everyone to the past. In Greek Mythology, Eros or Cupid was the reason for
love.
Eros/Cupid explains how people fall in love or even how it came
upon. Eros/Cupid is the god of love, passion, and sexual desire. He is the
son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Aries, the god of war. He got
married to Psyche and had children Volupta and Nyx. Eros/Cupid has many
powers. He has the power to bring love to both gods and mortals. He also
has the power to shoot love and hatred arrows. His love
arrows were golden with dove feathers and his hatred arrows were made out
of lead with owl feathers.
Eros/Cupid appears to be a small, naked, winged boy. He was also
seen as a full, grown, man because there was a curse that Aphrodite’s 2nd son
would make Eros/Cupid older. He was also blindfolded because they
believed love is blind. Eros/Cupid was believed that he was born from a
silver egg. He honored on January 22 for Eros Day.
Unlike other gods and goddesses, Eros has a wacky story. The story
is called Eros/Cupid and Psyche. It all started one day when Aphrodite is
mad at Psyche. She goes and tells her son Eros to make her fall in love with
an ugly creature. He arranged for Psyche to be abandoned by her parents on
a hilltop. But when Eros sees Psyche, he falls in love with her but tells her
not to see his face. Eros visits her only at night. Psyche is told that
Eros is a monster. She listens to them and goes to Cupid. She lights a
candle to see his face and realizes he is a handsome man. But she gets
scared and drops hot oil on his shoulders. Eros wakes up and gets mad. He
then gets up and flies away. Psyche then prayed to every god to give Eros
back but everyone was afraid of Aphrodite. Psyche went to Aphrodite. She
gave her 3 tasks. The hardest one was the last one. It was to give a box to
Proserpine in the underworld. Psyche gets anxious and opens it. She drops
into deadly sleep. Eros found her lifeless and took her. He put the sleep
back into the box and forgave her. The gods made Psyche immortal seeing
their love. Eros’ and Psyche’s story explains how love can come from when
desire (Eros) starts to fancy a person’s soul (Psyche) rather than a body.
Eros/Cupid relates to a holiday known for love. The holiday is known
as St. Valentine’s Day. St. Valentine’s Day originated in the Middle Ages
of the Roman Empire. The history is quite logical. Emperor Claudius II had
decided to ban marriage for young men to make a stronger military base.