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The Aphrodite Rhithymnia (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Ῥιθυμνία, romanized: Aphrodítē Rhithumnía, lit. 'Aphrodite of Rhithymna'), also known as Aphrodite of Lappa (Greek: Αφροδίτη της Λάππας), is a Roman statue of the first century AD found at the site of ancient Lappa, in modern-day Argyroupoli, western Crete, Greece.
The earliest text to mention the Aphrodite is Pliny the Elder's Natural History, [2] which reports that Praxiteles carved two sculptures of Aphrodite, one clothed and one nude; the clothed one was bought by the people of Kos and the Knidians bought the nude one. [3] The statue was set up as the cult statue for the Temple of Aphrodite at Knidos.
This type of statues ultimately derives from a lost Greek original of the third century BC which was attributed to a sculptor named Doedalsas of Bithynia (a region in northwest Anatolia). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Typically, a Crouching Venus will show the goddess kneeling after bathing, looking at her right after being alarmed, usually trying to conceal her ...
Reliefs, figurines, statues and statuettes of women in Greece. Pages in category "Sculptures of women in Greece" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
The Venus de' Medici or Medici Venus is a 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) tall Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite.It is a 1st-century BC marble copy, perhaps made in Athens, of a bronze original Greek sculpture, following the type of the Aphrodite of Knidos, [1] which would have been made by a sculptor in the immediate Praxitelean tradition, perhaps at the end of the ...
Aphrodite Hypolympidia; Aphrodite of Rhodes; Aphrodite of Syracuse; Aphrodite Rhithymnia; Apollo Omphalos (Athens) Apollon of Olympia; Armed Aphrodite (NAMA 262) Artemision Bronze; Atalante Hermes; Athena Demegorusa
The statue showed a nude Aphrodite modestly covering her pubic region while resting against a water pot with her robe draped over it for support. [275] [276] The Aphrodite of Knidos was the first full-sized statue to depict Aphrodite completely naked [277] and one of the first sculptures that was intended to be viewed from all sides.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.