Eros

The son of Aphrodite, and a god of love. He was depicted as a young man, not a cherubic boy. Known for shooting his arrows of love.

Offerings

• Hare images
• Bows and arrows

Prayers and Hymns

“The god of love I sing

Who garlands bears of many – coloured flowers;

Hearts ever conquering,

Mightiest of masters, subtle power of powers,

Thou rul’st the gods and all

Mortals thy wiles enthrall.”

"To Eros, Fumigation from Aromatics. I call, great Eros, the source of sweet delight, holy and pure, and charming to the sight; darting, and winged, impetuous fierce desire, with Gods and mortals playing, wandering fire : agile and twofold, keeper of the keys of heaven and earth, the air, and spreading seas; of all that earth's fertile realms contains, by which the all parent Goddess life sustains, or dismal Tartaros is doomed to keep, widely extended, or the sounding deep; for thee all nature's various realms obey, who rulest alone, with universal sway. Come, blessed power, regard these mystic fires, and far avert unlawful mad desires."