Anteros

Anteros
God of requited love, avenger of unrequited love
Anteros by Alfred Gilbert, 1893; from the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus.
Symbolgolden club with arrows of lead
ParentsAres and Aphrodite or Poseidon and Nerites

In Greek mythology, Anteros (/ˈæntərɒs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντέρως, romanized: Antérōs) is the god of requited love (literally "love returned" or "counter-love") and also the punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others, or the avenger of unrequited love.

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