Blast From The Past: Aphrodite

 

                                                                      Venus De Milo 

                                                                       Milos, Greece 

           Discovery

Discovered in April 8, 1820 on the Greek island of Milos

Found by a local farmer, later acquired by the French and gifted to King Louis XVIII

 

Created: Around 130–100 BCE

Style: Hellenistic Greek sculpture      

   The statue’s arms were missing when it was discovered. Scholars have proposed various theories about what the arms were doing:

 

 

 

The statue is widely believed to depict Aphrodite (known as Venus in Roman mythology), the goddess of love and beauty. 

 

 

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