Erotes
Sign in to savethumb|Two Erotes, depicted on a Campanian [[hydria by the Danaid Painter, c. 340–320 BC]] In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Erotes (; , érōtes) are a collective of winged gods associated with love and sexual intercourse. They are part of Aphrodite's retinue, along with the Charites. Erotes is the plural of Eros ("Love, Desire"), who as a singular deity has a more complex mythology.
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thumb|Two Erotes, depicted on a Campanian [[hydria by the Danaid Painter, c. 340–320 BC]] In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Erotes (; , érōtes) are a collective of winged gods associated with love and sexual intercourse. They are part of Aphrodite's retinue, along with the Charites. Erotes is the plural of Eros ("Love, Desire"), who as a singular deity has a more complex mythology.
The Erotes became a motif of Hellenistic art, and may appear in Roman art in the alternate form of multiple Cupids. In the later tradition of Western art, Erotes become indistinguishable from figures also known as Cupids, amorini, or amoretti.