erotes
erotes noun: collectively, a group of winged gods attendant to Aphrodite, of whom Eros is the best known. Also the plural of eros.
Noun
erotes
- Collectively, a group of winged gods attendant to Aphrodite, of whom Eros is the best known.
- 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.1999, Yulia Ustinova, The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom, BRILL, page 49
- 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[…].2007, Jaś Elsner, Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text, Princeton University Press, unnumbered page
Also used as
erotes is also the plural of eros.
Forms of erotes
| alternative form | Erotes |
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Questions about erotes
- What does erotes mean?
- Erotes means collectively, a group of winged gods attendant to Aphrodite, of whom Eros is the best known.
- What part of speech is erotes?
- Erotes is a noun.
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