EROS

EROS: God of Love, Desire and Fertility. One of the most popular Gods of all time.

Ancient legends tell how EROS was born of CHAOS and helped URANUS (Heaven) and GAIA (Earth) get it together. Their offspring helped to populate the universe and fill the pages of mythology encyclopedias. (Later legends claim he's the son of APHRODITE, but that's just too obvious, isn't it?)

As the beautiful bittersweet God of Love, he's in charge of the heart and carries a lethal love weapon which no-one can withstand. With two strings to his bow, he can fire golden arrows for love or leaden ones for indifference, so it's best to get on his good side if you're feeling smoochy.

Warning: if you reject the love of another in a nasty manner, his brother ANTEROS will take his revenge.

The most eligible batchelor in the universe, EROS finally married PSYCHE after accidentally pricking himself with one of his own arrows. This was a match made not in Heaven, but in the Underworld.

He is also known as cuddly CUPID to the Romans and Profit to the manufacturers of Valentine cards.

After the Romans took over the Greek flowers and choccies empire, EROS went roaming to Londinium, where he now resides at Picadilly Circus. If you feel there's something lacking in your love life, you should pay him a visit. We suggest you take a large bulls-eye.