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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.
Aphrodite of Syracuse; Aphrodite Rhithymnia; Armed Aphrodite (NAMA 262) Athena Demegorusa; B. ... Statue of Liberty (Mytilene) Statue of the priestess Aristonoe; T.
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
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 ...
Aphrodite Rhithymnia, Roman statue found in Lappa. This section possibly contains original research . Potential concern that these names actually referred to different places, and the original author of this text might have taken Stephanus's claims at face value.
Armed Aphrodite (Greek: Ένοπλη Αφροδίτη) is a first-century AD Roman marble sculpture depicting Aphrodite Areia, or the war-like aspect of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, who was more commonly worshipped as a goddess of beauty and love.
A semi-nude heroic statue of Augustus was the dominating figure in the sculptural program of the Arles theatre. [5] The Venus was found in 1651, by workmen who were digging a well. The head appeared first, at a depth of six feet, which spurred further excavations.
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.