Chapter Eretrian Bull to Erra-Pater of E by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Eros is introduced in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, and in Dryden’s All for Love, or the World Well Lost.

(Eros is the Greek name of Cupid, and hence amorous poetry is called Erotic.)

Erostratos (in Latin Erostratus), the incendiary who set fire to the temple of Diana of Ephesus, that his name might be perpetuated. An edict was published, prohibiting any mention of the name, but the edict was wholly ineffective.

Charles V., wishing to be shown over the Pantheon [All Saints] of Rome, was taken to the top by a Roman knight. At parting, the knight told the emperor that he felt an almost irresistible desire to push his majesty down from the top of the building, “in order to immortalize his name.” Unlike Erostratos, the name of this knight has not transpired.

Erota, a very beautiful but most imperious princess, passionately beloved by Philander prince of Cyprus.—Beaumont and Fletcher: The Laws of Candy (published 1647).

Erra-Pater, an almanac, an almanac-maker, an astrologer. Samuel Butler calls Lilly, the almanac-maker, an Erra-Pater, which we are told was the name of a famous Jewish astrologer.

His only Bible was an Erra-Pater.
   —P. Fletcher: The Purple Island, vii. (1633).

What’s here? Erra-Pater or a bearded sibyl [the person was Foresight].
   —Congreve: Love for Love, iv. 1695).