Ancient Museum Store

Home > Greek Art Reproductions > Greek Statues >   Aphrodite of Melos Statue
	$68.00 Category: Greek Art > Greek Statues Size: 12.5"H (32cm) Item Type: Statue Material: Bonded Stone Weight (lbs): 4.4 lbs, ship wt: 6 lbs, ship box: 19x13x11 Stock Status: In Stock Availability: Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days Product Code: G-055SM

Description   Louvre Museum, Paris. 200 B.C. Her graceful body symbolizes an ideal of beauty that many long for but none attain. The French named her the Venus of Milo. In 1820 a peasant named Yorgos found her broken body in an underground cavern on the Aegean island of Melos. Later she was taken out of Greece under unclear circumstances to be taken to Paris where she was to be admired by the millions of visitors to that country's great museum-the Louvre! Aphrodite was the Goddess of Love, identified in Rome with Venus. Although Homer describes Aphrodite as the daughter of Zeus and Dion, the more popular view was that she was conceived in the foam of the ocean from the seed of Uranus. Dropped there when he was castrated, her name meaning "foam-born". Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, but she loved Ares and she was known for her many love affairs, notably with Adonis and Anchises.   Related Products... Athena Pallas Greek Goddess of Wisdom Head of Hygeia Aphrodite Kallipygos Raising Peplos Greek Statue Hebe the Cupbearer Statue by Thornwaldsen   $170.00 Add   $62.00 Add   $72.00 Add   $62.00 Add Greek Set of 10 Miniature Statues Cycladic Head on Marble Base Zeus from Artemision Bust Cycladic Goddess Standing Statue   $29.25 Add   $39.00 Add   $88.00 Add   $40.00 Add

 Share your knowledge of this product with other customers... Be the first to write a review.

Browse for more products in the same category as this item: Greek Art Reproductions > Greek Statues Greek Art Reproductions

Egyptian Art Reproductions  | Greek Art Reproductions | Pre-Columbian Reproductions 

Oriental and Buddhist Art |  Religious art Reproductions | Celtic Art, American Jewelry

 Egyptian Jewelry | Ancient Goddesses | Japanese Art |Hindu Art

Fossils Prehistorics Dinosaurs Neoclassical Art | Mesopotamian Assyrian Art

Limoge Porcelain Reproductions|Chess Sets | European Art Reproductions

L'arte Nel Mondo Collect