The Caryatids (or Kore, meaning young woman or daughter in Greek) are five other must-see statues in the ... In her right hand, the Kore would have held an offering to the goddess while, with her left ...
Aphrodite the ancient Greek goddess of love with Adonis depicted in red-figure style pottery. Credit: Aison Wikimedia Commons Public Domain The ancient Greek temple of goddess Aphrodite is perched on ...
The birth of AphroditeAphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...