The Greeks observed that Himeros often mingled with other goddesses, namely the Graces and the Hours and with Persuasion (Peitho) and Eros, all in the company of Aphrodite. How strange it is that in our times, Himeros often is found in the company of boredom, weariness and emptiness, since to experience desire and yearning is regarded as being deprived! Even though fulfillment is yet to come, Himeros is neither bored nor deprived.

‘We were getting a grand shot of a charging rhino when the cameraman got scared and bolted. The fathead!’

The man that shivered on the brink of sin, / Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in.

Let’s eat lunch sometime.