Anteros Definition

noun

(chiefly historical, in Ancient Greece) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.

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Origin of Anteros

  • From Ancient Greek ἀντέρως (anterōs), reputedly coined by Plato. That in turn comes from ἀντί (anti, “against”) + ἔρως (erōs, “love”), hence the translation as counterlove.

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Anteros Sentence Examples

  • He was succeeded by Anteros.

  • His brother is Anteros, the god of mutual love, who punishes those who do not return the love of others, without which Eros could not thrive; he is sometimes described as the opponent of Eros.

  • By this marriage, she conceived Eros, Himeros (the twin brother of Eros, and known as the god of desire), Deimos (god of fear), Phobos (god of panic), Harmonia (goddess of marital and civic harmony) and Anteros (god of reciprocal love).

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