Aphrodite
By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide
Aphrodite - Photo of a Copy of Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos
Copy of Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos.
Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons.
The Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos from c. 350 B.C. was the first major statue of a female figure in the nude. One hand modestly covers her private parts. Legend has it that Praxiteles used the beautiful courtesan Phryne as his model.
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