Amor was the Roman god of love. He was the son of Mercury and Venus and was generally represented as a beautiful naked boy, winged, blind, and armed with a bow and a quiver full of arrows with which he transfixed the hearts of lovers, kindling desire in them. He was equivalent to, but not identical to the Greek Eros. Research Amor
In Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the goddess of love (equivalent to the Roman Venus, Phoenician Astarte and the Babylonian Ishtar). She is said to be either a daughter of Zeus or to have sprung from the foam of the sea. She was the unfaithful wife of Hephaestus, the god of fire, and the mother of Eros. Aphrodite surpassed all the other goddesses in beauty, and hence received the prize of beauty from Paris. She likewise had the power of granting beauty and invinciblecharm to others. In the vegetable kingdom the myrtle, rose, apple, and poppy, among others, were sacred to Aphrodite, as, in the animal world, were the sparrow, dove, swan, and swallow. Research Aphrodite
Eros was the Greek god of sexual love (traditionally of homosexual relationships between older men and youths). By some accounts Eros was born from Chaos, in other accounts that he was the son of Aphrodite and her lover Ares. Eros developed in form through time, being a god of fertility and later with the Romans, in the form of Cupid, of more gentle romantic love Research Eros
Hymen or Hymenaeus was the Greek and Roman god of marriage. He was the son of Bacchus and Venus. No marriage took place without his being invoked to sanction it. He is described as having around his brows the flowers of marjoram, in his left hand the flame-coloured nuptial veil, in his right the nuptial torch, and on his feet golden sandals. He is a taller and more serious Eros, and is accompanied by song and dance. Research Hymen
In Hindu mythology, Kama is the god of love, corresponding, generally speaking, to the Greek Eros. He appears as a beautiful youth riding upon a parrot, generally carrying a bow with a string formed of bees, and having five arrows, each tipped with a flower that is supposed to have some amorous influence. Dancing girls or nymphs accompany him, and one carries his banner, the emblem on which is a fish or marine monster on a red background. Research Kama
EDC is an abbreviation for Engineering Data Control
EDC is an abbreviation for Engineering Design Change
EDC is an abbreviation for Engineering Document Control
EDC is an abbreviation for Eros Data Centre
EDC is an abbreviation for European Disarmament Conference Research EDC
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