Eros is the Greek, child-looking god of love and desire. In Roman, Eros is also called as Cupid. There are diverse legends to whom Eros' real parents are, but the most widely accepted one is that Eros is born between and Aphoride, female god of beauty and love, and Ares, male god of war and battle. Eros carries around bows and arrows, which he uses to shoot the heart of god and mortals. When one is shot with a golden, dove feathered arrow, he/she falls in desire of love with the one who he/she sees first. If he/she is shot with a leaden, owl feathered arrow, he/she begins to feel great hatred. Sometimes, Eros' mischief wound others' heart. A story of Eros and Phyche is well-known. Eros' mother, Aphrodite was jealous of Phyche's beauty; so Aphorodite told Eros to make Phyche to fall in love with the uglist creature on the earth. When Eros saw Phyche, he immidiately fell in love with her. Also, Eros' body grew when he felt love. Even though Phyche didn't know Eros' face, she also loved him. Once, Phyche was overwhelm by curiosity, so she lit up her room to see Eros. When Phyche realized Eros is a god, Eros, hurt, flew away from Phyche and never came back. It is interesting how Eros, the god of love, can be hurt from love. One similarity between Herculese and Eros is that they made lots of problems when they were young. There are lots of differences; and, one of them is that Herculese is known for defeating lots of monsters to become a true hero, but Eros is known for enjoy doing many mischievous things using his power.
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