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Aphrodite vs Eros - What's the difference?

aphrodite | eros |

In greek god terms the difference between aphrodite and eros

is that aphrodite is the goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Venus while eros is the god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.

As an initialism EROS is

Earth Resources Observation Satellite.

aphrodite

English

(wikipedia Aphrodite)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love,Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001 born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.''Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology , Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986 Her Roman counterpart is Venus.

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    See also

    * Acidalia * Anadyomene * Cytherea * Despina * Kypris * Venus

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    eros

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A winged figure of a child representing love and/or its power
  • Physical love; sexual desire
  • a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else
  • (psychiatry) libido
  • (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive

    • Antonyms

    * (life drive) (death drive), Thanatos

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