Hush, Eros. Your father Hephaestus will be here soon to greet you into the world and to introduce to the other deities we share Mt Olympus with. Before this though, I feel I should first share with you the world unto which you born.
I am your mother, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, at least here in Greece I am. To the Romans I am Venus. To them you will become known as Cupid, a tiny winged cherub, and God of Desire. This I can see.
In other places and in other times throughout the world though, sometimes all of us here on Olympus are combined into one omnipresent God or Goddess. …
