Eros
Eros 7 BrE [ˈɪərɒs] NAmE [ˈɪrɑːs] NAmE [ˈerɑːs] noun uncountable (formal) sexual love or desire Word Origin: [Eros] Latin, from Greek, literally sexual love. Culture: Eros is the popular name for the statue of a figure with wings that stands in the centre of ↑Piccadilly Circus in London, a place where people often arrange to meet. Eros was the Greek god of love, often represented as a boy with wings and a bow and arrow. However, the figure on the statue was not meant to represent him, but the idea of Christian charity.
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