Eros (primordial)

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Eros (primordial) is an ancient Greek primordial deity embodying the fundamental force of love and procreation that brings order and cohesion to the cosmos.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Eros 25
Eros (Aphrodite's son) 2
Eros (primordial) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek deity ⓘ
personification ⓘ
primordial deity ⓘ
appearsIn Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
Orphic Mysteries ⓘ
surface form: Orphic cosmogonies

early Greek philosophical texts ⓘ
associatedWith Cosmos ⓘ
Phanes ⓘ
creation ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
generation ⓘ
category Greek primordial deities ⓘ
love and lust gods ⓘ
personifications in Greek mythology ⓘ
contrastedWith Eros (primordial) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eros (Aphrodite's son)
cosmicFunction initiates generation of gods and beings ⓘ
unites separate elements of the cosmos ⓘ
cosmicOrderFunction mediates between chaos and ordered cosmos ⓘ
culture ancient Greek religion ⓘ
describedIn Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
domain cosmogony ⓘ
embodies attraction ⓘ
cosmic cohesion ⓘ
love ⓘ
procreation ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
greekName Erotes ⓘ
surface form: Ἔρως
importance central to early Greek accounts of the origin of the world ⓘ
influenced later philosophical concepts of eros ⓘ
mythologicalEra primordial age ⓘ
notSameAs Eros (primordial) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eros (Aphrodite's son)
oneOfFirstBeings yes ⓘ
ontologicalStatus one of the first principles of existence ⓘ
precedes many later Olympian gods ⓘ
role binding principle of the universe ⓘ
fundamental force that brings order to the cosmos ⓘ
symbolizes creative impulse of the universe ⓘ
life-generating desire ⓘ
principle of union ⓘ
worshipType cosmic principle rather than anthropomorphic god in early tradition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyx → siblingOf → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
Argonautica → featuresDeity → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Hermaphroditus → associatedWith → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Cupid → greekCounterpart → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Συμπόσιον → mainTheme → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: ἔρως (eros)
Pausanias → discusses → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Agathon → topicOfSpeech → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Eryximachus → discussesDeity → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Sappho → wroteAbout → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Orphic Hymns → includesHymnTo → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Deimos (Terror) → relative → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
subject surface form: Deimos
this entity surface form: Eros
Adrestia → sibling → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Phobos (Fear) → sibling → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Protogenoi → includes → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Argonautic expedition → hasDivineInvolvement → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Thespiae → hadCultOf → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Civilization and Its Discontents → mainSubject → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Amor → basedOn → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
subject surface form: Amor (Gluck)
this entity surface form: Eros
Ode to Psyche → subject → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Aether → sibling → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
Eros (primordial) → contrastedWith → Eros (primordial) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros (Aphrodite's son)
Eros (primordial) → notSameAs → Eros (primordial) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros (Aphrodite's son)
Ἔρεβος (Érebos) → sibling → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ἔρεβος
this entity surface form: Ἔρως (Eros)
Children of Aphrodite → hasMember → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
protogenoi → includesDeity → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
subject surface form: Protogenoi
this entity surface form: Eros
house of Agathon in Athens → mainThemeDiscussed → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Agathon in Athens
this entity surface form: Eros
Speech on the nature of love → addressesDeity → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Distinction between Common Love and Heavenly Love → relatedConcept → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Psyche → spouse → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
Psyche → associatedWith → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros
L’Amour menaçant → depicts → Eros (primordial) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eros