~ EROGATE    GIVE  PAY  SPEND  PLAY OUT   see> ERATO
~ EROGENOUS  med> AROUSABLE SEXUALLY      sug> CARNAL
~ EROS       id+ | UNEASINESS or          see> CARNIVAL
^u                 DISEASE ARISING from   see> LOVE SICK
                   DESIRE | or            see> FALL IN LOVE
       note AMOR  CUPIDITY                see> LUST
       implies AN ADULT or SEXUAL SENSE or
               PHYSICAL SENSE
       EROS was a source of MISCHIEF or
       DEVASTATION caused by AROUSAL leading to
       LOVING or PASSION or LUST or DESIRE
       note how the INFANT EROS CAUSED TROUBLES
            BY WOUNDING INDISCRIMINATELY or BLINDLY
       in contrast to his sibling
       ANTEROS WHO STOOD FOR
       LOVE RECIPROCATED or AMOR            sug> AMATEUR
       the companions of EROS were          sug>   CUPID
       POTHOS  and HIMEROS who represent    sug>   HYMEN
       LONGING and DESIRE respectively      sug>    HYMN
       note lat    HYMENAEUS = NUPTIALS     sug>     WED
       ply> | LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP ARE INVOLUNTARY
              THUS NEITHER RATIONAL NOR REASONABLE |
~ EROTIC   AROUSING PHYSICAL SEXUAL FEELINGS  sug> ERECT
~ EROTICA  myth> EROS or ERATO WAS ORIGINALLY
                 A GREEK FEMININE DEITY and only LATER
  A ROMAN MASCULINE DEITY
  THE INFANTILE VERSION IS CUPID or AMOR
  note EROS IS NOT A SYMBOL OF HAPPY ACHIEVEMENT BUT
       REPRESENTS THE SUFFERING FROM A PERPETUAL SEARCH
  also EROS MAY REPRESENT A DOUBLE CHARACTER
  FIRST AS AN ANTIQUE GOD EROS WHO PARTICIPATED
  IN THE CREATION AS THE SPIRIT THAT TRANSFORMED
  CHAOS INTO GAEA AND AGITATED THE EARTH AND
  ALL THE THINGS TO MAKE PAIRS AND      sug> POLAR
  BRING THEM TOGETHER                   sug> POLARIZE
  TO MAKE OPPOSITES ATTRACT EACH OTHER  sug> MAGNETISM
  TO PREPARE THE WORLD TO RECEIVE MANKIND
  THE FIRST PAIR WERE
  URANOS & GAEA or HEAVEN & EARTH WHO
  PEOPLED THE EARTH WITH A HOST OF BEINGS
  TITANS GIANTS KYKLOPES or CYCLOPS
  alt IN ITS NEWER VERSION EROS HAD A LIGHTER ROLE
      AS A FAVORITE SON OF APHRODITE & ZEUS
  alt versions include ideas that
  EROS WAS THE SON OF POROS & PENIA or
  EXPEDIENCY & POVERTY             <symb
  perhaps THE PARENTAGE OF EROS MADE HIM
  PERPETUALLY DISSATISFIED and INSECURE
  ply> | EROS or PENILE EROTICISM FAIL TO ERASE
         PENURIES FROM PENETRATING POVERTY |
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& EROS
  hx> THE STATUE OF EROS STOOD IN MANY GYMNASIA
      TO IMPLY THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE
  BETWEEN YOUTHS AND MEN
  SPARTANS AND CRETANS SACRIFICED TO EROS BEFORE A BATTLE
  EROS WAS THE GOD WHO BOUND MEN AND YOUTH IN THE STRUGGLE
  FOR FREEDOM
  note ideas underscoring words related to LOVING
  gr  EROS   = LOVE  with an implication of DESIRE
      ERAN     TO LOVE     see> ERATO
  sp  AMOR     LOVE  implies RECIPROCITY
      QUERER   TO DESIRE  TO LOVE WITH PASSION
  ukr LUBOV    LOVE                  sug> LEDA
      KOKHAI   more vigorous as in   see> COITUS
      KHOCHU   STRONG DESIRE         sug> COJOIN
  sp  COJUDO   WITH TESTICLES  UNCASTRATED
      COJER    GRAB  in may denotes FORNICATE  <slang
      COJA     LEWD WOMAN
      COJEAR   TO LIMP as in HIP MOTION
               suggestive of CONJUGATION as in
      CONYUGE  SPOUSE  WIFE  HUSBAND     sug> CONJUGATE
         YUGO  YOKE  BONDAGE  TO JOIN    sug> BONDING
  ply> | MARITAL LOVE IS A SHARED EROTIC YOKE |
  biol> some ins are called EROTOLEPSIA
  med> note THE BOW or CURVE OF THE UPPER LIP KNOWN AS
       CUPID BOW and used to THROW or BLOW KISSES as
  ARROWS OF LOVE                        sug> VALENTINE
  note Sigmund FREUD [#] ASSERTED IN REGARDS TO THE
       CONFLICTS BETWEEN PRIMITIVE INSTINCTS as in
  "BRUTE FORCE" and                     sug> BRUTALITY
  CIVILIZATION that                     sug> SOCIETY
  "ETERNAL EROS" ALWAYS                 sug> LOVE
  MAKES AN EFFORT TO REASSERT ITSELF    sug> BONDING
  perhaps this is a fundamental view of the
  IMPORTANCE OF LIBIDO or              <see> LIBERTY
  BONDING and MENTAL HEALTH            <sug> COMMUNITY
  art> PHEIDIAS or PHIDIAS REPRESENTED EROS
       AT THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE
  AMONG THE MOST EROTIC CLASSIC PAINTERS WAS CORREGGIO [#]
  who painted with LUSH EROTIC DETAIL      sug> LUST
  "LEDA AND THE SWAN" "IO" and "DANAE"     sug> LUSTER
  THE SPIRIT OF MICHELANGELO IS SHOWN IN
  HIS VIGOROUS or EVEN EROTIC NUDES
  DECORATING MANY ITALIAN CHURCHES
  in A CHAPEL IN FLORENCE MICHELANGELO PAINTED
     A NUDE SLEEPING LEDA BEING SEDUCED or
  BEING IMPREGNANTED BY ZEUS
  also Lucas CRANACH [#] PAINTED A CHARMING VENUS AND CUPID
  also BRONZINO [#] SHOWS CUPID FONDLING THE BREAST OF VENUS
  note RUBENS [#] 150 YEARS LATER DID NOT DARE TO BE
       AS EXPLICIT BUT NONETHELESS IN 1651 CREATED THE
  LUSH " THE ROKEBY VENUS " COMMISSIONED BY
  OF ALL PEOPLE THE SPANISH MINISTER THE INQUISITION
  WHO OBJECTIONS TO NO AVAIL BECAUSE
  NUDES WERE TOLERATED IN SPAIN and ITALY
  note how after 1650'S DEPICTION OF HUMAN NUDES BECAME
       INCREASINGLY BLAND BUT NOT SO IN SPAIN
  Francisco GOYA [#] y Lucientes SHOWED HIS SPIRIT
  IN HIS MAJA CLOTHED AND NUDE
  note A LONDON SUFFRAGETTE SLASHED THE ROKEBY VENUS
       IN AN ACT OF POLITICAL PROTEST
  in ENGLAND and FRANCE THE FASHION WAS INTOLERANT OF NUDES
  instead what was permissible were ALLEGORICAL SCENES
  a new style emerged called  " FETE GALANTE " or " LOVE PLAY "
  A SERIES OF BORING PAINTINGS     sug> WATTEAU  LANCRET  etc
  social intolerance CREATED A NEED FOR "BEDROOM ART"
  WHERE PAINTINGS WITH EROTIC MYTHOLOGIC SCENES FOUND THEIR PLACE
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& EROS
  art> most ARTISTS DEPICT EROS IN HIS LATE VERSION
       as a INFANT SON OF HERMES & ARTAEMIS
  WITH WINGS AND WHOSE MINDLESS OCCUPATION
  WAS TO SHOOT DARTS THAT INFLAMED HEARTS
  IN HIS INNOCENCE EROS SHOT AT ANYBODY IN SIGHT
  EVEN HERACLES APOLLO AND ZEUS WHO FOUND IN IT
  AN EXCUSE AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR EROTIC FORAYS
  lit+ A TOUCHING LEGEND ABOUT EROS
       IS HIS DEEP LOVE FOR see> PSYCHE
  

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