Who was the Greek God of Love?

The Greek god of love was Eros. He represented love, desire, attraction, and—especially in later mythology—sexual passion.

In Hesiod’s Theogony, written around 700 BCE, Eros is one of the primordial forces present near the beginning of the cosmos. Later Greek traditions recast him as the son of Aphrodite, goddess of love, and usually Ares, god of war. Eros was often shown with wings, a bow, and arrows that could make gods or mortals fall in love.

A common mix-up is Cupid: Cupid is the Roman counterpart of Eros, not a separate Greek god. Another is Aphrodite, who was the major Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, and sexuality, while Eros personified the force of desire itself. Eros also appears in the famous myth of Eros and Psyche, in which he falls in love with the mortal Psyche.