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A late 18th/, early 19th century carved marble torso of…
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Sydney
Date:
20-Nov-2011
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A late 18th/, early 19th century carved marble torso of Aphrodite, the goddess depicted nude, originally standing with weight on right leg, mounted on a plinth, 29 wide, 79 cm high 59 cm high (the figure). Aphrodite is, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. Her Roman equivalent is, the goddess Venus. Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia.According to Hesiod's, theogony, she was born when Cronus cut off Uranus' genitals and threw them into, the sea, and from the sea foam (aphros) arose Aphrodite. Thus Aphrodite is of an older generation than Zeus
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Sculpture/Statuary: Figures/Groups