Erotes
（重定向自Himeros）
![Anteros, popularly called Eros, by Alfred Gilbert, 1885; from the Shaftesbury Memorial in Piccadilly Circus.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Eros-piccadilly-circus2221.jpg")
![Hermaphroditos and the erotes, onyx cameo from Alexandria, 1st century BCE. Detailed image below in an engraving.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Hermaphroditus_and_Erotes._Onyx._1st_century_B.C.2221.jpg")
![](/Images/godic/202501/18/Ermafrodito_e_amorini2221.JPG")
![Eros. Attic red-figure bobbin, ca. 470–450 BCE.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Eros_bobbin_Louvre_CA17982221.jpg")
The Erotes (/əˈroʊtiːz/) are a collective of winged gods associated with love and sex in Greek mythology. They are part of Aphrodite's retinue. Erotes (Greek ἔρωτες) is the plural of Eros ("Love, Desire"), who as a singular deity has a more complex mythology.