Eros（Cupid）
Eros was the god of love，better known by hislatin name Cupid．Son of Aphrodite by Ares ，he took his place among the small gods of Olympus．He was represented asa little naked boy，with sparkling wings，and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered．Shooting his thrilling arrows in evils，he inspired the passion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction．The lovely，naughty god had two kinds of arrows：the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it． Besides，he had a torch to light hearts with．
Though sometimes he was blindfolded1 ，no man nor god，Zeus himself included，was safe from his evils．At one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and suchburning love was awakened2 in him for the human maiden3 Psyche4 that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg Zeus for justice．Another famousstory where Eros played an important part was the Argonautic expedition．Medea，daughter of king Aeetes，was wounded by Eros' arrows，took Jason's part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the hero's wife．
厄洛斯是爱神，它的拉丁名字丘比特更为人熟悉。他是阿瑞斯和阿芙罗狄蒂的儿子，是一位小奥林波斯山神。他的形象是一个裸身的小孩子，有一对闪闪发光的翅膀。他携带弓箭漫游。他恶作剧地射出让人震颤的神箭，唤起爱的激情。给自然界带来生机，授与万物繁衍的能力。这位可爱而又淘气的小精灵有两种神箭：加快爱情产生的金头神箭和暂停爱情的铅头神箭。另外，他还有一束照亮心灵的火炬。
尽管有时他被蒙着双眼，但没其他人或神，包含宙斯在内，能逃避他的恶作剧。有一次这位淘气的精灵被我们的箭射中。对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏，以致于他不考虑他妈妈的干涉，鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。厄洛斯起了重大用途的另一个著名的故事是亚尔古英雄的远征。美狄亚，国王埃厄忒斯的女儿，被厄洛斯的神箭射中，和伊阿宋一块寻觅金羊毛，最后成为这位英雄的老婆。
