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  2. Venus Genetrix (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The statue was set up in Julius Caesar's new forum, probably as the cult statue in the cella of his temple of Venus Genetrix. [3] Through this historical chance, a Roman designation is applied to an iconological type of Aphrodite that originated among the Greeks .

  3. Capitoline Venus - Wikipedia

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    A headless statue of Capitoline Venus made in the 2nd-3rd century is held at the Naples Archaeological Museum. A headless painted Roman period marble copy of Capitoline Venus of the 2nd century from Aphrodias, Asia Minor, was excavated by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (H: 159 cm; W: 60 cm).

  4. Venus Callipyge - Wikipedia

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    The Venus Callipyge, also known as the Aphrodite Kallipygos (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Καλλίπυγος) or the Callipygian Venus, all literally meaning "Venus (or Aphrodite) of the beautiful buttocks", [a] is an Ancient Roman marble statue, thought to be a copy of an older Greek original.

  5. Temple of Venus and Roma - Wikipedia

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    The peripteral temple itself measured 110 metres (360 ft) x 53 metres (174 ft) and 31 metres (102 ft) high (counting the statues) and consisted of two main chambers , each housing a cult statue of a god—Venus, the goddess of love, and Roma, the goddess of Rome, both figures seated on a throne. The cellae were arranged symmetrically back-to-back.

  6. Temple of Venus Genetrix - Wikipedia

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    Entablature. Items deposited inside the Temple included a statue of Venus Genetrix by Arcesilaus as well as statues of Julius Caesar. Numerous Greek paintings by Timomachus of Ajax and Medea, six collections of engraved gems, a breastplate decorated with pearls from Britannia, and a controversial golden statue of Queen Cleopatra as the goddess Isis once filled the Temple.

  7. Venus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Venus riding a quadriga of elephants, fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD Statue of nude Venus of the Capitoline type, Roman, 2nd century AD, from Campo Iemini, housed in the British Museum. Roman and Hellenistic art produced many variations on the goddess, often based on the Praxitlean type Aphrodite of Cnidus.

  8. Aphrodite of Menophantos - Wikipedia

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    Aphrodite of Menophantos a Venus Pudica signed by Menophantos, first century BCE, found at San Gregorio al Celio, Rome (Museo Nazionale Romano) The Aphrodite of Menophantos is a Roman marble statue of the goddess Venus. Its design takes the form of "Venus Pudica", based on another statue, the Capitoline Venus.

  9. Venus Felix (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The statue has a distinctive description on its base which indicates its votive purpose. The description is thought to attest the statue is dedicated to Venus Felix by Sallustia , a matron whose portrait can be traced back to the 2nd-century AD, and by Helpidus in all likelihood, who stands next to her in the guise of Eros as he hands her an ...

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