Son of Ares and Aphrodite, Anteros was given to his brother Eros as a playmate. In Greek mythology, he was the God of requited love. He punishes those who don't correspond to the love of others, so it is the avenger of Cupid.
The most important statue of Anteros in the world is located on the top of the Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus. The landmark, popularly mistaken for Eros, is known as well as The Angel of Christian Charity. The monument, erected in 1892 by Alfred Gilbert, represents the philanthropic works of Lord Shaftesbury with the poor people.
But this monument has a difficult story. The statue was made from aluminium, whilst the fountain is cast in bronze, and it was damaged several times when vandals tried to climb to the God, specially on the lead up to New Years.
For that reason, Architen Landrell has installed the World’s Largest Snow Globe over "Eros". The octagonal base stands over eight high resolution video screens.
The Globe, with a 15 meter diameter, will be on Piccadilly until the 4th of January. If you don't have the chance to be in London this Christmas, you can see it again between December and January until 2017.
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