Himeros
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| Himeros | |
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God of desire and lust | |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. Aphrodite with Himeros, detail from a silver kantharos, c. 420-410 BC | |
| Abode | Mount Olympus |
| Symbol | Bow and arrows |
In Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion, Himeros (Template:Langx) is a winged love deity who is part of Aphrodite's procession. Often described as "sweet", he is the god and personification of desire and lust.
Myth and theology
In Hesiod's Theogony, Eros and Himeros were present at Aphrodite's birth and escorted the goddess as she emerged out of the sea foam and joined the assembly of the gods.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[1] Earlier in the Theogony, Himeros is mentioned as a resident of Mount Olympus, being a neighbor of the Muses and the Charites.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Himeros (desire) and Philotes (affection) were bestowed upon the world by Aphrodite initiating sexual encounter;Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. they spoke words of love and winning talk that affected the minds (nous) and hearts of mortals and gods alike.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Himeros is closely associated with Pothos, the personification of passionate longing. In his dialogue Cratylus,[2] Plato points out the difference between the two concepts explaining that, in the case of Himeros, the object of desire is present and thus the desire is ready to be satisfied; whereas, in the case of Pothos, the individual longs for something that is absent or out of reach.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Subsequently, Pothos is unfulfilled and potentially a suffering.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Though Himeros is the standard term for erotic desire, it can also appear in different contexts carrying an alternative meaning, like desire for grieve (after a tragic event) or for food; e.g. the "himeros for sweet food" that a laborer feels after a long day at work.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Though these figures inspired artistic and poetic creations, they had no mythological stories or cults of their own.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hesiod, Theogony, 200–205". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Plato, Cratylus, section 420a". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
Sources
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Liebert, Rana Saadi (2017). Tragic Pleasure from Homer to Plato. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316885611.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vernant, Jean-Pierre; Zeitlin, Froma (1991). Mortals and Immortals, Collected Essays. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691019314.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Breitenberger, Barbara (2013). Aphrodite and Eros, The Development of Greek Erotic Mythology. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135883775.
