#the erotes

[sapocipo]

Aphrodite, her dozen of pet pigeons and two of her poor sons lol

The faces of gods who much rather be doing anything else

[bcowlick]

We know that Aphrodite is a chancla mom

What other mom stereotypes apply to her?

Do you ever think an Erotes came to her at midnight and said "Mom, i have to make 100 people fall in love by tomorrow but i don't have no more arrows" and Aphrodite just wanted to choke them because "WHY DO YOU WAIT TILL LAST MINUTE TO TELL ME?! DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL HAVE TO DO NOW?! I'LL HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO HEPHESTOS WORKSHOP, AND PRAY HE HAS ENOUGH ARROWS FOR YOU, YOU LITTLE SHIT-"

Jsjdjaisk

[winged-psyche]

The Erotes

The erotes are a group of winged gods associated with love, sex, passion and marriage. They are most often seen with aphrodite as her companions and are also often her children. The number of them varies, but here I wanted to list the main 7, their domains and their parents. As someone who honors the erotes often in my practice, I wanted to share the information I could find on them to get more people interested in them! If it’s wanted, I could make a separate post on things I usually give as offerings to them as a group to give other people ideas on where to start!

Eros Pothos Anteros

Eros: god of love and sexual desire. There are two distinct versions of Eros. One of him being one of the youngest gods, child of Aphrodite and Ares, the other is him being one of the first gods to come into creation.

Himeros: god of uncontrollable sexual desire and lust. Child of Aphrodite. In Hesiod’s Theogony, he accompanied Aphrodite at her birth along with Eros.

Pothos: god of desire, yearning and longing. Child of Aphrodite or sometimes said to be the son of Zephyros and Iris.

Anteros: god of requited love and avenger of unrequited love. Son of Ares and Aphrodite or alternatively he is the child of Nerites and Poseidon.

Hedylogos: god of sweet talk and flattery. Not much is known about Hedylogos unfortunately, not even who his parents are but a good guess would be Aphrodite.

Hermaphroditus: god of androgyny and effeminacy. Child of Hermes and Aphrodite.

Hymenaeus: god of marriage and weddings. Son of usually Apollon and one of the muses or in one case Dionysus and Aphrodite.

All information pulled from theoi.com

[subtletwilighteternity]

i love how some of the Greek gods have friend/fan groups. Here are some examples

Artemis and her hunters

Apollo and the Muses

Dionysus and the Maenads

Aphrodite and the Erotes

Etc etc

[thewhisperofzagreus]

"On high the roof — Hymen (Hymenaeus)! — rise up, you carpenters! — the bridegroom is coming."

— Sappho, Fragment 111

[royal-wren]

In honor of Pride, I'm going to list a few Hellenic deities to think of more actively during this time

Aphrodite: Historically known to be intersex and trans, especially under the name Aphroditos. Not to mention as a goddess of love, that means all kinds of love and expressions of it. Everyone in the LGBT+ umbrella can turn to her without worry.

Apollon: He is known for epithets like the Unshorn, and for literally wearing feminine clothing for the time.

Artemis: Known for embracing masculinity and more masculine traits like her interests, mannerisms, and appearance (attire). Also known to be aro/ace spec.

Athene: Most know her to lean more toward masculinity, but she's more an equal mix of both masculine and feminine (nonbinary by human terms). Also known to be aro/ace spec and wlw as well.

Dionysos: Like Apollon, is known for wearing feminine clothing for the time and occasionally a feminine appearance to match. Embracing the unconventional and what lies outside of society's standards and mentalities is his thing, and it shows with epithets like Androgynos.

Hekate: A goddess of the liminal (everything in between), boundaries, and transitions, of paths and crossroads (which are more than physical ones).

Hera: As a goddess of women, that includes every kind of woman no matter what, there is no room to try and exclude anyone from that. She's also a goddess of marriage and one to lean on for rights on that matter.

Hermes: A god of the liminal, the god of transitions, boundaries, paths, and roads, and a god of romantic unions, the god of fire - the literal and figurative sparks that ensue as a god of friction, a weigher of love like Aphrodite. Before the late Classical and Hellenistic periods was also known to be aro/ace spec as outside of cultic unions, a majority of his immortal (and deity) children are goddesses as well, and he has two nonbinary (one intersex) children, Palaistra and Hermaphroditos, and occasionally the father of Eros either by Aphrodite or Artemis (and no this is real, you're just not ready for this conversation on this information).

Leto: In worship, she has the cult epithet Phystiê (the Grafter) that relates to a myth of her helping Leukippe transition at the wishes of his mother to avoid death. With the grafter epithet, she has a festival in her honor, Ekdysia (Stripping (Festival)). One of her sacred animals is the Ichneumon (Egyptian Mongoose), which was known to be both male and female in an individual member of the species.

Palaistra: The goddess of wrestling and daughter of Hermes is nonbinary, being both genders at once and neither at the same time

The Erotes: It kind of goes without saying that they should be here for a month of love, identity, and acceptance.

The Kharites: As goddesses of joy, merriment, and festivity/celebration, it feels as essential to have them here as the Erotes are. During Pride, they will lift your spirits and cause you to cheer.

[carp-pie]

Hermaphroditus in (at least an attempt at) male Minoan clothing

I will keep drawing them till I die