Ancient World

Aphrodite Rhithymnia

The Aphrodite Rhithymnia (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Ῥιθυμνία, romanized: Aphrodítē Rhithumnía, lit. 'Aphrodite of Rhithymna'), also known as Aphrodite of Lappa (Greek: Αφροδίτη της Λάππας), is a Roman statue of the first century AD found at the site of ancient Lappa, in modern-day Argyroupoli, western Crete, Greece. The marble statue is life-size and depicts Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and sensuality, and copies an earlier lost Greek sculptural type. It is now exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Rethymno in Rethymno town, known in antiquity as Rhithymna.

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• ▸Bell Beaker culture
• ▸Ancient Thera
• ▸Gomsi

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