Erós

Hesiod's poem Theogonia ("On the Origin of the Gods" or also "The Birth of the Gods") describes the origin of Eros as follows: "In truth at first Chaos came to be, but next wide-bosomed Earth, the ever-sure foundation of all the deathless ones who hold the peaks of snowy Olympus, and dim Tartarus in the depth of the wide-pathed Earth, and Eros, fairest among the deathless gods, who unnerves the limbs and overcomes the mind and wise counsels of all gods and all men within them. "

First, then, was Chaos (the abyss, the unstructured abyss, the antithesis and forerunner of the cosmos). Then was born the Earth (Gaia) and in it the Underworld Abyss (Tartarus), and then Love (Eros).

Other sources state that Eros is the son of the god of war (Ares) and the goddess of beauty and love (Aphrodite).

Eros is said to float with golden wings, armed with a bow and arrow. Whoever he hits with his arrow succumbs to love. Zeus knew that even he could not resist his arrows, so he wanted to kill him immediately after his birth. But Aphrodite hid him in the forest and had him raised by wild lionesses. When Eros returned to Olympus, his grace and beauty so impressed all the gods that they welcomed him. Supposedly, he was so busy as Aphrodite's assistant that he invited the Cupids to help him. The Amorites were said to be his brothers.