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Anteros

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Anteros: see Eros Eros , in Greek religion and mythology, god of love. He was the personification of love in all its manifestations, including physical passion at its strongest, tender, romantic love, and playful, sportive love.
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Anteros
Eros’s brother; avenger of unrequited love; god of passion. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 23]


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I return to the titular plot below, but one of the subplots involves a mock battle of wits between four young men, arranged by two of the play's gentleman malcontents, Lovell and Anteros.
Cooper also sheds light on twenty-eight dizains, called Difiinitions du vray amour, which feature a cyclical debate between Eros and Anteros.
I read somewhere that Eros was the god of carnal love, whereas Anteros was the god of selfless, philanthropic love.
 
 
 
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