Love origin and meaning according to greco-roman mythology

The proposal of the following paper was to identify all possible meanings of love through the Greek-Roman mythology. This mythology approach was chosen, as the Greek-Roman cosmology is one of the eldest love concepts and meanings through the Eros myth and its repercussions. This myth explores the sy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: BRAZ, Ana Lúcia Nogueira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS)
Repositorio:Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/6735
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6735
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:amor
Eros
mitologia grego-romana
significado do amor
love
greek-roman mythology
love meaning
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Sumario:The proposal of the following paper was to identify all possible meanings of love through the Greek-Roman mythology. This mythology approach was chosen, as the Greek-Roman cosmology is one of the eldest love concepts and meanings through the Eros myth and its repercussions. This myth explores the symbolic possibilities to understand love influence on the individual and collective psiqué development. Many Eros versions have been analyzed in order to evaluate the actual love meaning possible influences. Considering Eros´ myth, this paper concludes love is part of human being, as it can give human being’s life and relationships meaning.