Sculpture Myth in the round
The celebrated Hellenistic statue became one of the modern world's most persistent images of Aphrodite.
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The celebrated Hellenistic statue became one of the modern world's most persistent images of Aphrodite. MythBranch includes this work as evidence of later reception: it shows how a mythic figure or episode was selected, reshaped and transmitted for a new audience.
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