Anteros
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anteros is a noun meaning (chiefly historical, Ancient Greece) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.
Meaning
(chiefly historical, Ancient Greece) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.
Example Sentences
The loved one, in turn, thus subject to the fiery soul of the lover, experiences anteros, a counterlove whose calm consent amounts to very filial affection […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include posterior, ventral, erastes, philhellene, eromenos, philhellenism.
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