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Aphrodite (Afrodite)

Typical forms instantly

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  470-460 BC
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  Ludovisi Throne, Bith of Aphrodite, 460 BC
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  The Great Goddess of Cyprus, 450-425 BC
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  Roman copy after 400 BC Greek original
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  of Knidos, Roman copy after Praxiteles (4th century BC)
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  Aphrodite Aidoumene, early Hellenistic
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  of Rhodes, 1st century BC remodelling of a statue type of the 3rd century BC
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  Venus de Milo, 130-100 BC
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  Afrodite of Aphrodisias, cult image, 2nd century AD
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  Body: 1st or 2nd century AD, head and Eros: begining of the 17th century

Aphrodite in ancient art

Pottery

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  Judgement of Paris, 560 BC
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  560-550 BC
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  540-530 BC
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  Peitho, Aphrodite, and Eros, 490 BC
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  Artemis, Menelaos, Paris, Artemis, 490–480 BC
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  Aphrodite rescuing her son Aeneas, 480 BC
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  470-460 BC
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  Aphrodite and swan, 460 BC
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  Helen, Aphrodite, Eros and Menelaos, 450–440 BC
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  Aphrodite and Phaon, 420-400 BC
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  Aphrodite and Adonis, 410 BC
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  Aphrodite between two Eros figures, 350 BC
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  Zeus and Aphrodite with Eros, 330 BC
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Small terracottas

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  with dove, 6th century BC
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  Aphrodite on a goose, 500-475 BC
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  Birth of Aphrodite, 4th century BC
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  3rd century BC
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  with dolphin, 200-150 BC
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  Aphrodite and herm of Dionysos, 150-100 BC

Reliefs

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  Ludovisi Throne, 460 BC
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  Aphrodite emerged from the sea, 460 BC
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  Nymph, Aphrodite and Adonis, 400-375 BC
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  annual reunion of Aphrodite and Adonis, 400-375 BC
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  Eros, Aphordite(?) and Hermes

Statues

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  Turan-Aphrodite?, 6th or 5th century BC
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  Aphrodite holding a Dove, 460-450 BC
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  from Parthenon, Hestia, Aphrodite and Dione
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  The Great Goddess of Cyprus, 450-425 BC
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  Roman copy after 400 BC Greek original
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  4th century BC
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  3320-320 BC
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  Aphrodite Heyl, 2nd cetury BC
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  Venus de Milo, 130-100 BC
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  Venus de Milo
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  1st century BC
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  Aphrodite with dolphin, 1st or 2nd century AD
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  Afrodite of Aphrodisias, cult image, 2nd century AD
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  2nd century AD
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  Aphrodite as Isis
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  Aphrodite as Isis

Statues by type

Aphrodite Aidoumene

Venus pudica

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  Aphrodite Aidoumene, early Hellenistic
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  Venere Landolina, Roman copy after a Greek original
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  2nd century BC

Aphrodite of Knidos

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  Roman copy after Praxiteles (4th century BC)
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Aphrodite Anadyomene

Rising from the sea

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  Ludovisi Throne, Aphrodite emerged from the sea, 460 BC
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  2nd century BC
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Crouching Aphrodite

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  Roman copy from a Greek original
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  of Rhodes, 1st century BC remodelling of a statue type of the 3rd century BC
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  Lely Venus
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Aphrodite and Eros

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  Roman copy from a Greek original
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  100 BC
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  Body: 1st or 2nd century AD, head and Eros: begining of the 17th century

Roman copies in famous Museums

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  Aphrodite leaning against a pillar, Roman copy after a Greek original of the late 5th century BC
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  Aphrodite of Capua, Roman copy after an Early Hellenistic original of late 4th or 3rd century BC
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  Capitoline Venus, Roman copy after 3rd or 2nd century BC Greek original
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  Esquiline Venus, 1st century BC
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  Venus Felix, Roman copy after Greek original
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  Venere Landolina, Roman copy after a Greek original
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  Aphrodite Kallipygos
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  Venus Cesi, 2nd century AD
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  Aphrodite removing sandal
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  Aphrodite Sosandra, Roman work after a Greek original
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  Body: 1st or 2nd century AD, head and Eros: begining of the 17th century

Coins

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  302-285 BC
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  ca 200 AD
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  188-217 AD

Atributes

Dove

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  with dove, 6th century BC
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  Aphrodite holding a Dove, 460-450 BC
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  The Great Goddess of Cyprus, 450-425 BC

Dolphin

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  with dolphin, 200-150 BC
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  Aphrodite with dolphin, 1st or 2nd century AD

Functions and roles

Birth of Aphrodite

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  460-450 BC
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  Pan, Aphrodite and Hermes, 450-425 BC
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  Aphrodite emerged from the sea, 460 BC
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  4th century BC
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  3rd century BC
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  Aphrodite Anadyomene (Rising from the sea), 2nd century BC
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Judgement of Paris

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  7th century BC
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  560 BC
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  560-550 BC
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  540-530 BC
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  Etruscan pottery, 530 BC
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  510 BC
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  510 BC
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  Hera, Hermes and Paris, 465-460 BC
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  Paris and an old man (Priam?), 465-460 BC
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  Hermes (left) asking Paris to arbitrate, 380 BC
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  360 BC

Venus

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  40-100 AD
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  Opus sectile from Pompeii
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  Mosaic
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Temples of Aphrodite

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  Paphos (Pafos, now Koukolia on Cyprus), from prehistoric times to the end of antiquity
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  Paphos
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  Aphrodisias
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  Athens
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  Knidos
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  Rhodes

Analogies and echoes

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  4th-7th centuries AD
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  1473
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  Botticelli, 1483-1485
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  Titian, 1508
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  Anadyomene, Titian, 1508
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  Cranach, 1529
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  Titian, 1530
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  Tintoretto, 1551
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  1553-1555
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  Tintoretto, 1550-1600
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  1590
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  1606-1610
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  1610
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  1879

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