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"About him bold Eros beat his wings, and Kythereia [Aphrodite] led, before Lyaios [Dionysos] the bridegroom. For Theseus had just sailed away, and left without pity the banished maiden [Ariadne] asleep on the shore."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 47.265
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"Lord [#Dionysos], with whom #Eros the subduer and the blue-eyed Nymphai, and radiant #Aphrodite play, as you haunt the lofty mountain peaks."
Anacreon, Fragment 357
🏛️ Relief detail of Aphrodite and Dionysos (and baby Eros), Sarkophag 7b, Antalya Museum
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"I will sing of stately #Aphrodite, gold-crowned and beautiful, whose dominion is the walled cities of all sea-set #Cyprus. [...] Hail, sweetly-winning, coy-eyed goddess!"
Homeric Hymn 6 to Aphrodite
🏛️ Aphrodite #mosaic from East Bouleuterion, 2nd century CE, Aphrodisias
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This statuette is a variant of the #Aphrodite Anadyomene type. Her eyes are inlaid with glass paste. The pose may have been inspired by a famous painting of Aphrodite Anadyomene by Apelles, court painter of Alexander the Great.
🏛️ Aphrodite bronze, 2nd-1st century BCE. Today in the MET, New York.
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#Hera, #Aphrodite, and #Athena present themselves for the Trojan prince Paris to judge their beauty. Aphrodite is disrobing for him to show him the goods. #Hermes had guided them and apparently decided to stick around to sneak a peek.
🏛️ "The Judgment of Paris," 45-79 CE, Roman fresco
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A long, elegant gold hairpin adorned with #Aphrodite and her son #Eros. Eros offers support to his mum who appears to adorn herself, adjusting one of her anklets to complement the snake-shaped arm bracelets she already wears.
🏛️ Gold Aphrodite Hairpin, 1st century BCE, Greece
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#Aphrodite-Venus with her iconic top-bow hairstyle as she puts on an anklet or a sandal. The gold of the jewellery and red of her lips really stands out against her dark skin.
🏛️ #Venus statuette with gold jewellery from #Pompeii. Today in the National Archaeological Museum, #Naples
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#Aphrodite Anadyomene, Aphrodite Rising from the Sea, as depicted in an #Egyptian blue faience statuette. Egyptian faience (tjehenet in ancient Egyptian) is a ceramic material that gets a glassy look from quartz reacting with alkali.
🏛️ Aphrodite Anadyomene made from blue faience, Ptolemaic #Egypt
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Neoclassical statue of #Aphrodite and her lover #Adonis. Adonis was loved not only by Aphrodite but also by Persephone, Apollon, Dionysos, and #Herakles. In fact, Herakles' death was orchastrated by Aphrodite in revenge for the hero stealing her man!
🏛️ Venus and Adonis by Antonio Canova, dated ca. 1794 CE
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One of the most famous artworks of #Aphrodite is Aphrodite Kallipygos, Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks. The goddess lifts her dress to reveal her gorgeous backside to the onlooker.
🏛️ Roman marble sculpture, 1st or 2nd century BCE. Today in the National Archaeological Museum, #Naples.
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A rare #fresco of Aphrodite Anadyomene, Aphrodite/Venus rising from the sea. The goddess is in the nude, wringing out her hair. Note her beautiful jewellery!
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You have heard of Princess Leia in the golden bikini. Now get ready for #VENUS in a golden bikini! Homegirl is putting on her golden sandals, aided by her son #Eros. She is using a statue of #Priapus with a gilded erection to lean on.
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"She came to sea-girt Kypros, and came forth an awful and lovely goddess, and grass grew up about her beneath her shapely feet. Gods and men call her #Aphrodite, and Aphrogeneia (the foam-born) because she grew amid the sea foam."
Hesiod, Theogony 176
🏛️ Aphrodite figurine from #Corinth, dated 3rd century BCE.