Talk:Eros

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Eleusinian Mysteries?
Can someone please give specific references as to how Eros was worshiped during the Eleusinian Mysteries? I have never heard of this being part of the cult. Henryvick304 (talk) 22:20, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: All of those are sources from the First Century CE or later, whereas Eratosthenes was a Hellene of the 3rd Century BCE, and therefore a better source on Greek religion and myth before the Roman conquest (and imposition of foreign cultural perspectives) 208.102.87.91 (talk) 09:28, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
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message: I've just been reading about the primordial Gods - Chaos, Nox etc - who were around even before Uranus, father of Kronos.  One of this earlier family appears to be called "Eros" too - presumably, he ruled over the passions before they became the preserve of the younger gods.  In these essays, this god is often referenced as "The elder Eros".  I came to this page via a redirect from Eros (god).  I have a feeling someone may have turned a stub into a redirect, being unaware of the existence of two different greek gods, both called Eros.  This Eros (older than Zeus) certainly was not the offspring of Aphrodite and Ares.  PaulHammond (talk) 15:10, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The elder Eros? 

message: Someone more technically capable than me please create a disambiguation link at the top of this page  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.98.218.165 (talk) 02:03, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation 

message: Someone more technically capable than me please create a disambiguation link at the top of this page  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.98.218.165 (talk) 02:06, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
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message: I'm afraid I don't understand how to edit the Notes list, but note number 11 is in dire need of a rewrite. The contributor who added it unfortunately failed to even list the name of the book being cited, and for some reason lists the author as "Conner" even though Conner is only one of multiple authors for what is a collective work. The actual book being cited here is Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit. The entry is indeed on page 139 (at least as of the 1997 edition of this encyclopedia), but dictionaries and encyclopedia probably ought to be cited by the name of the passage in question, since the passages are listed alphabetically. In this case, the passage from p. 139 is predictably titled "Eros". I hope someone with a better understanding of how the Notes section is populated can somehow correct this troubling error which has undoubtedly left many readers wondering where the cited information actually came from. --Uiscefada (talk) 08:34, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Conner" citation (Note 11)  

message: It says in the article that "In later myths, he was the son of the deities Aphrodite and Ares" & even on the page about Ares, it says that he is the father of Eros. Actually, in Greek mythology, it is greatly disputed as to who the father of Eros is. Even Zeus is said to be the father of Eros.
https://www.thetoptens.com/m/clusium/400988/  --Splashen (talk) 15:00, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The article on #Porus_(mythology) has Porus as the father of Eros definitively. 'The Great Greek Myths' tv series also has the father of Eros as Porus, yet presumably the sources aren't valid enough even for consideration in this intrinsically linked article, a common thread in the appalling contradictory, hypocritical nature of this platform. Gar P Young (talk) 22:34, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eros' Father