Eros (primordial)

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Greek deity personification primordial deity

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

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All labels observed (5)

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

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 ⓘ

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