Eros: Passionate Love Eros is “the most common depiction of love in Greek,” says Beaulieu. It refers to passionate, romantic, sexual love between any two individuals, Cohen adds.

Agápe: Spiritual Love This love term has to do with spirituality, and originates in early literature, such as works by Homer, in the seventh or eighth century B.C.E., Beaulieu says.

Philia. Friendship, or shared goodwill. Storge. Familial love, for example, the love between parents and their children, which, compared to philia, is a lot more unconditional. Agape.