Editing Piccadilly Circus (section)

===Shaftesbury Memorial and the statue of Anteros===
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[[File:Statue of Eros.jpg|thumb|upright|Tourists sitting on the steps of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain]]

At the south-eastern side of the Circus, moved after [[World War II]] from its original position in the centre, stands the [[Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain]], erected in 1892–1893 to commemorate the philanthropic works of [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury|Lord Shaftesbury]], a Victorian [[politician]], [[philanthropist]] and social reformer. The subject of the Memorial is the Greek god [[Anteros]] and was given the name ''The Angel of Christian Charity'' but is generally mistaken for his brother [[Eros]].<ref>Lloyd & Mitchinson (2006) The book of general ignorance "Because of the bow and the nudity... everybody assumed it was Eros, the Greek god of love"</ref>