#anteros

[hiko-the-teacup]

an easy guide to my warrior!penelope au

i forgot to draw Zeus and Hera, but they stay the same<3

[herpsandbirds]

The Carousing Anteros (Ourocnemis carausius), family Riodonidae, Lake Yojoa, Honduras

photograph by Robert Gallardo

[sapocipo]

I keep thinking about Aphrodite's erotes chariot

Yeh my Anteros is the son of Nerites n Poseidon

[glossc1]

THE BIRTH OF ANTEROS. poseidon & nerites

[son-of-anteros]

OPEN STARTER

Zyren was playing.

He had finally unpacked his violin. He missed his drums, something he couldn't bring with him, but he had his violin.

He hadn't really planned to play, but a few warm ups with the instruments and he felt himself fall into it.

Playing was relaxing, his focus on the strings and the bow in his hand, everything else faded as he moved his hands and fingers purposefully.

Soon he was in a trance, forgetting his surroundings as he felt his fingers against the strings, the other hand holding the bow and the music in his ears.

It was a gentle reminder. A sense of home when he was so far from it.

The music was all he was fixed on. So much so that he didn't notice you approach.

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[nilo05]

"love is in the air" wron!- oh nvm it actually is

[theogonyofbeauty]

Anteros was the son of Ares and Aphrodite in Greek mythology, given as a playmate to his brother Eros, who was alone.

[enixamyram]

I have such a strong adoration for the idea of Ares and Aphrodite as a couple.

First, you have Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love and Beauty. She is literal desire and could have practically any mortal or immortal she wanted, yet it's Ares that she wants in the end. And while Ares is described as being handsome, it's pretty clear that is not what draws Aphrodite to him. There's something about him, something deeper than his good looks, and the idea that she loves him even when it's said that the others on Olympus (even his own parents) all hate him. It's just such a powerfully romantic idea.

And then you have Ares, the God of War, described as being brutal and bloodthirsty. Yet despite all of that, there is a softer side to him that not many people really take in and yet it makes itself clear every time for Aphrodite. She's beautiful, yes, but there's obviously more to it than that. He's not simply in lust with her, he's in love with her, meaning like her, he sees past the basic attractiveness and there's something much deeper that draws him in. They're both judged for their outter appearance but see each other on a much deeper level than that.

(You also have the fact that Aphrodite is/was a War Goddess which again makes their connection all the more fascinatingly sweet.)

And you know one of the other things I love about them? Their unhealthy moments are somehow just as (twistedly) sweet as their healthy ones: I mean Aphrodite was so jealous of Ares relationship with Eos that she cursed her with insatiable lust for men. Meanwhile Ares was so jealous of Aphrodite's relationship with Adonis that he killed him. They're perfectly imperfect together!

Not to mention their whole general story - falling in love, forced to seperate when Aphrodite was given to his brother instead, sneaking around behind her husbands back so they could be together, having children including a daughter who is literally the Goddess of Harmony and a son who is the God of Reciprocated Love - you can't get more of a classic love story than this!