“I am.” He too, looked back down at their choice. “He is much damaged.” Doubt clouded the words.
“Agreed, brother.”Ī muscle twitched in Pothos’ cheek. It should be interesting, these next few days. A group of human lovers, such as the three he and his two favorite brothers had painstakingly chosen for her, may well offer a few surprises that even Aphrodite herself could not foresee. She might know desire, their beautiful mother, but she had not had recent experience in this mortal realm. Mother of the ancient and powerful erotes, and goddess of all things love and desire. Mid-winter-close to freezing for those who were mortal-and yet still the man below limped determinedly through the night hours.Įven though it was well past midnight the moon was full, lighting the landscape with an eerie silver glow that he knew would appeal to their mother when she finally emerged from the sea.Īphrodite. From their vantage point up here atop the cliff, the view stretched for miles along this windswept terrain on the southern coast of Australia. “ARE WE AGREED ON OUR three, brothers? At last?”Īnteros glanced across at Himeros and Pothos, both of whom were staring down toward the beach at a lone figure wobbling along the shoreline. Who among mortals could possibly be strong enough to match the mother of the erotes in her game of desire? While the first three novellas in the series focused on three of the erotes (Pothos, Himeros and Anteros), this story introduces Aphrodite and her insatiable hunger for love. Thus, the concept of the Gods of Love series was born-stand-alone novellas that can be read in any order, but that also share a common theme. While the erotic author in me applauds the idea of the greatness of Eros, I also love the idea that his power, and therefore that of the erotes, stems primarily from a woman-the Olympian goddess Aphrodite (sometimes called Venus in Roman mythology).
Erotes is the plural of eros (desire), and I am fascinated by the idea that love is so complex it must be personified across several beings. The Greek god Eros was either their father or one of their brothers.Īnother belief, and the one that resonates best with me, is that the erotes were in fact different aspects of the primal god, Eros. The most popular belief seems to be that the erotes were a group of winged gods who were the children of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and sexuality who was born from the foam of the sea. IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY there are many versions from which to pick and choose, and researching the erotes was no exception.
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