In Hesiod’s Theogony, Eros was a primeval god. Alternate accounts regarded him as the son of Chaos, the original primeval emptiness of the universe. Later tradition made him the son of Aphrodite, goddess of sexual love and beauty, by either Zeus, Ares, or Hermes. In some traditions Eros’s parentage was attributed to Aphrodite alone, with no father given.
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