| Price included shipping cost in USA and CEE, others countries please ask. Statue of Aphrodite (Venus) Fine grained white Marble Height 194 cm - 77" inches Found: in 1981 This Aphrodite statue, even though its head, smiling mouth and sparkling eyes are missing , achieves the ideal of feminine charm, beauty and seduction. However in a contest for the "Faires" of the Goddesses. Aphrodite was chosen not because of her beauty but because she offered Paris. the judge, the best bribe. According to the myth, Paris was the son of Priam, the king of Troy. Paris worked as a shepherd. His father sent him away when he heard that one day his son would bring about the ruin of his country. The contest for the fairest goddess narrowed down to three: Aphrodite. Hera and Athena. Zeus sent the three to Mt. Ida where Paris was herding sheep. Paris was chosen to present the Golden Apple Award to the Fairest Goddess. Because all three wanted the award, it was a hard choice for Paris to make. Hera promised to make him Lord of Europe and Asia; Athena, that he would lead the Trojans to victory in a war against the Greeks; Aphrodite, that the fairest mortal woman in the world would be his. Paris gave Aphrodite the Golden Apple. In mythology this was called, The Judgement of Paris. Helen, who captivated all men, was considered the most beautiful of mortal women. At this time, she was the wife of Menelaus, the Spartan king. Paris abducted her, as his prize. This was the reason the Trojan war was fought with the Greeks. It was caused by the capricious bribe of the Goddess of Love. This statue was discovered during the excavation campaign of 1981 in the Gallery of Claudius Peison in the South Bath (1-7), and was pieced together from 10 fragments of various sizes. Her head, left arm, the right hand, and fingers, toe tips, as well as parts of the shield are missing. The weight of the body rests on the right leg and the Contour of the hip at this side forms a wide curve. The left leg is bent at the knee and extended to the side, onto rock shape base. The lower half of her body is covered with a himation that hangs down loosely. Her left hand holds a shield on which three lines phorclaim that the statue was erected as a present dedicated by Claudius Peison. The shield makes contact with her body at the right hand and an extension of the left hand. It does not need any support from below. It is of great importance that the shield is so well preserved. The position of the himation over the hips and the body proportions are similar to the Aphrodite of Melos in the Louvre. It traces to a late Hellenistic variation of the Aphrodite in Capua made by the famous the Skopos of the fourth century B.C. The folds of her garment are similar to the Perge statue. NOTE: Statues are reproductions of original statues. These statues are made of a dolomite powder, titanium powder & others. This mixture gives statues an antique outlook and a texture as same as marble gives. The originals of these statues are exhibited in several museums. |