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| Aphrodite of Melos
G-68 Aphrodite of Melos Size: 20" H (50cm) G-55 Aphrodite of Melos Size: 12.5" H (320cm) |
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Her graceful body symbolizes an ideal of beauty that many long for but none attain. 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. Although Homer describes Aphrodite as the daughter of Zeus and Dion, the more popular view was that she was
conceived in the foam of the ocean from the seed of Uranus. Dropped there when he was castrated, her name meaning
"foam-born". Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, but she loved Ares and she was known for her many love affairs,
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| Bust of Aphrodite
G-17 Bust of Aphrodite Size: 9" H (23cm) |
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| Parthenon Horse
G-12 Parthenon Horse Size: 8" H (20cm) |
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Horses were an integral part of life in ancient Greece. They played an active role in warfare, transportation and in
the games such as the Panathenaic Games in Athens with its huge contingent of cavalry riders. Athenian enthusiasm for
the horse was clearly expressed in the many civic buildings and temples that were adorned with paintings and sculptures
of riders and battle scenes showing cavalry such as in the Parthenon friezes where this wonderful horse head
originates. Two deities, Poseidon and Athena, together served as protectors of horses and patrons of horsemanship and
equestrian activities. Athena, Patron Goddess of Athens, was credited with the invention of the bridle and the use of
chariots. The horse was a symbol of prestige, wealth and status. Social rank has often been defined by the ability to
own and maintain a horse. The Aristocratic families that ruled Athens during the 6th century B.C. often took pride in
their nobility by starting or ending their name with the word hippos (horse). The aristocracy bred and raced horses
from very early times and it seems that chariot racing was the preferred form of competition and maybe the foundation
of the Olympic Games |
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| Caryatid Column
G-11 Caryatid Column Size: 26" H (66cm) |
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| Athena
G-62 Athena Size: 10.5" H (27cm) |
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Athena was the Greek Goddess of wisdom and women's crafts. She was also a defender against evil and a warrior
Goddess par excellence. She was the daughter of Zeus and Metis. When Metis became pregnant, Gaia and Uranus told Zeus
that after giving birth to a daughter, she would then have a son by Zeus who would later dethrone him. On Gaia's
advice, Zeus swallowed Metis. When the time came for the child to be born, Zeus was afflicted with a dreadful headache
and sought the help of Hephaestus who split his skull with a bronze axe to relieve the pain. A girl in full armour
sprang forth from his head: It was Athena. Athena's attributes were the spear, the helmet and the Aegis (a goat-skin
shield). She attached the Gorgon's head which Perseus had given her to her shield, and this turned to stone every
living thing that looked at it. |
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