erotes

English

Alternative forms

• Erotes (particularly the Greek gods)

Noun

erotes

1. plural of eros
2. (Greek mythology, often capitalised) Collectively, a group of winged gods attendant to Aphrodite, of whom Eros is the best known.

   Hyponyms: Anteros, Eros, Hedylogos, Hermaphroditus, Himeros, Hymenaios, Pothos

   • 1999, Yulia Ustinova, The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom, BRILL, page 49:

     Regretfully, the shaft of the stele is lost, and only the central part of its gable is preserved, featuring a bust of the goddess, flanked by two Erotes.

   • 2007, Jaś Elsner, Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text, Princeton University Press, unnumbered page:

     There is also a parallel if less common iconography of the standing Narcissus (both alone with erotes—for example, from IX.3.5/24 […] —and with Echo and erotes—for example, Naples Museum […] .

   • 2018, B. C. Ewald, “Attic Sarcophagi”, in Lucy Gaynor Audley-Miller, Beate Dignas, editors, Wandering Myths, De Gruyter, page 239:

     The relative scarcity of children's sarcophagi (i.e. of child-sized sarcophagi) and specifically child-related iconographies. The Attic sarcophagi with Erotes are an exception to this.

Anagrams

• Eostre, Rosete, STEREO, e-store, stereo, stereo-