EROS


Meaning of EROS in English

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.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.