(of ερως, "love"), in Mythology, one of two chiefs over all the other Cupids, being the cause of love. See ANTEROS.

EROTIA, a festival in honour of Eros the god of love. It was celebrated by the Thespians every fifth year with sports and games, when musicians and others contended. If any quarrels or seditions had arisen among the people, it was then usual to offer sacrifices and prayers to the god, that he would totally remove them.

EROTIC (derived from ερως, "love;" whence ερω- τικός), is applied to any thing which has a relation to the passion of love. In medicine we find the phrase delirium eroticum used for a kind of melancholy con- tracted through excess of love.