erotes

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of eros
2. (Greek, capitalized, often)Collectively, a group of winged gods attendant to Aphrodite, of whom Eros is the best known.

   “Regretfully, the shaft of the stele is lost, and only the central part of its gable is preserved, featuring a bust of the goddess, flanked by two Erotes.”

   “There is also a parallel if less common iconography of the standing Narcissus (both alone with erotes—for example, from IX.3.5/24[…]—and with Echo and erotes—for example, Naples Museum[…].”

   “The relative scarcity of children's sarcophagi (i.e. of child-sized sarcophagi) and specifically child-related iconographies. The Attic sarcophagi with Erotes are an exception to this.”