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ホメロスはエロースについて言及していない。しかし、ソクラテス以前の哲学者の一人であるパルメニデス（紀元前400年頃）は、エロースをすべての神の中で最初に誕生した神としている<ref>"First of all the gods she devised Erōs." (Parmenides, fragment 13.) (The identity of the "she" is unclear, as Parmenides' work has survived only in fragments.</ref>。
オルフェウス神話やエレウーシア神話では、エロースは夜（ニュクス）の子供であるため、原初的な神とまでは言えないが、非常に独創的な神として登場した<ref name = Theoi>See the article [http://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Eros.html Eros] at the Theoi Project.</ref>。
The [[Orphic Mysteries|Orphic]] and [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] featured Eros as a very original god, but not quite primordial, since he was the child of Night ([[Nyx]]).<ref name = Theoi>See the article [http://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Eros.html Eros] at the Theoi Project.</ref> [[Aristophanes]] (c. 400 BC), influenced by [[Orphism (religion)|Orphism]], relates the birth of Eros:
:At the beginning there was only Chaos, Night, dark Erebus, and deep Tartarus. Earth, the air and heaven had no existence. Firstly, blackwinged Night laid a germless egg in the bosom of the infinite deeps of Erebus, and from this, after the revolution of long ages, sprang the graceful Eros with his glittering golden wings, swift as the whirlwinds of the tempest. He mated in deep Tartarus with dark Chaos, winged like himself, and thus hatched forth our race, which was the first to see the light.<ref>Aristophanes, ''Birds'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0026%3Acard%3D685 690–699], translation by [[Eugene O'Neill Jr.]], at the [[Perseus Digital Library]].</ref>
