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==Terminology==
The term ''erotica'' is derived from the feminine form of the ancient Greek adjective: {{lang|grc|[[:wikt:ἐρωτικός|ἐρωτικός]]}} ({{Lang|grc-latn|erōtikós}}), from {{lang|grc|[[:wikt:ἔρως|ἔρως]]}} ({{Lang|grc-latn|érōs}})&mdash;words used to indicate [[lust]], and [[sexual love]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Talvacchia |first=Bette|author-link=Bette Talvacchia|date=2010|chapter=Pornography|title=The Classical Tradition|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbqF8z2bq3sC&q=devil+poseidon+pan&pg=PA264|editor1-last=Grafton|editor1-first=Anthony|editor1-link=Anthony Grafton|editor2-last=Most|editor2-first=Glenn W.|editor2-link=Glenn W. Most|editor3-last=Settis|editor3-first=Salvatore|publisher=The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, Mass. and London|isbn=978-0-674-03572-0}}</ref>

A distinction is often made between erotica and [[pornography]], although some viewers may not distinguish between them. A key distinction, some have argued, is that pornography's objective is the graphic depiction of sexually explicit scenes. At the same time, erotica "seeks to tell a story that involves sexual themes" that include a more plausible depiction of human sexuality than in pornography.<ref name=MIT>[http://tech.mit.edu/V116/N65/erotica.65l.html "Erotica Is Not Pornography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727113516/http://tech.mit.edu/V116/N65/erotica.65l.html |date=2017-07-27 }}. William J. Gehrke. ''The Tech''. December 10, 1996.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Berta  |title=The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality |chapter=Erotica vs. Pornography |date=2015 |pages=352–353 |doi=10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs133|isbn=978-1-4051-9006-0 }}</ref>  Additionally, works considered degrading or exploitative tend to be classified by those who see them as such, as "porn" rather than as "erotica" and consequently, pornography is often described as exploitative or degrading.<ref name=MIT/><ref name=India>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/815524.cms|title=Don't confuse erotica with porn|author-first1=Jug|author-last1=Suraiya|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=August 15, 2004}}</ref>