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Greek
Goddess Aphrodite Statues
Roman Venus Goddess Statues
Goddess of Beauty and Love |
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- 30% Off
Aphrodite of Melos
Casting Stone on Marble Base. Antique stone finish.
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.
12
inches (32cm) High.
Was: $74.00
Now: $51.80
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20 inches
(50cm) High
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$174.00 Now: 121.80
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[Louvre Museum, Paris. 200 B.C.]
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New!
Aphrodite Kneeling Statue
Bonded stone statue on marble base of the
lovely Goddess seemingly sorting her hair out possibly following a bath.
9 inches high (23cm)
Antique stone finish.
$59.00
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Aphrodite with Greek Column
11.25 inches high
Here she is shown drawing back her long
locks to reveal the graceful lines of her neck. Beside her is classic greek
pillar and a bowl or vessel brimming to overflowing. Heavy, cold-cast resin
that looks like marble.
$42.00
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Tan/Brown Aphrodite with Dolphins
by Oberon Zell
8 3/4 inches tall
This lovely handpainted polystone statue has an antiqued ivory finish that show
the Goddess with tanned or ivory colored skin, rising from the half-shell into
life. She is accompanied by two happy dolphins who play at her feet celebrating
her birth.
Typical Retail: $58.00
Our Price: $49.00
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Aphrodite
(Venus Genetrix)
12 inches high (30cm)
Bonded Marble
Antique Stone Finish
The Louvre Museum, Paris, 5th Century B.C.
Retails for: $49.00 Our Price: $39.00
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Aphrodite/Venus
8 inch (20 cm) White marble
colored gypsumstone
$33.00
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Venus
di Milo
9 inches tall (23 cm)
Antique Stone Color Resin
$34.00
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Speculations into what her
missing arms held include a shield, a mirror, a dove, or a spindle, but most
likely it was an apple (Melos means apple). Her award of the golden apple in the
Judgment of Paris (beating out Hera and Athena) lead to the Trojan War. [c. 130
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Venus/Aphrodite
Rubber Stamp
2 inch x 2.5 inch
High Quality,100% red rubber mounted on straight-sided hardwood blocks with a
thick rubber
sponge between the image and the block.
$9.90
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Aphrodite
Rubber Stamp
2 inches x 2 inches square
High Quality,100% red rubber mounted on straight-sided hardwood blocks with a
thick rubber
sponge between the image and the block.
$9.00
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Aphrodite
Flag
This rayon flag has brilliant
colors
hand batiked in Bali.
15.5 wide x 19.5 inches long, hemmed
with space for dowel or hanger.
SALE Was: $10.00
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$8.50
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In Greek
mythology, Aphrodite
is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. According to Hesiod, she was
born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus.
Cronus threw the severed genitals into the ocean which began to churn and foam
about them. From the aphros ("sea foam") arose Aphrodite, and
the sea carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera. Homer calls her a
daughter of Zeus and Dione.
After her birth, Zeus was afraid that the gods would fight
over Aphrodite's hand in marriage so he married her off to the smith god
Hephaestus, the steadiest of the gods. Hephaestus could hardly believe his good
luck and used all his skills to make the most lavish jewels for her. He made her
a girdle of finely wrought gold and wove magic into the filigree work. That was
not very wise of him, for when she wore her magic girdle no one could resist
her, and she was all too irresistible already. She loved gaiety and glamour and
was not at all pleased at being the wife of sooty, hard-working Hephaestus.
Aphrodite loved and was loved by many gods
and mortals. Among her mortal lovers, the most famous was perhaps Adonis.
Her festival is the Aphrodisiac which was celebrated in
various centers of Greece and especially in Athens and Corinth. Her priestesses
were women who represented the goddess and sexual intercourse with them was
considered just one of the methods of worship.
Aphrodite is known to incite feelings of love and lust
wherever she goes. She is a contender in the story of the Golden Apples, when
Paris chooses her as the fairest of the three goddesses (the others were Hera
and Athena) and Aphrodite decides to "reward" him for giving her the
Golden Apple (the prototype of most modern awards) by giving him the love of
Helen of Troy, something of a mixed blessing that led to the Trojan War.
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