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R10.1 THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE

Birth of Aphrodite | Greek bas-relief
DETAILS
Museum Collection National Roman Museum, Rome
Catalogue No. -
Type Bas-relief
Material Marble
Context The Ludovisi Throne
Date ca 470 - 460 B.C.
Period Archaic / Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

The goddess Aphrodite is clothed by the Horae (Seasons) as she rises at her birth from the sea.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite, Horae