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Aphrodite

Aphrodite Statue

Aphrodite Statue

Statue owner: Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali-Soprintendenza archaeologica de Pompei
A marble statue of Venus or Aphrodite that once stood in a villa garden in Pompeii.

The statue is called Aphrodite, but it is possible that it should be named Venus. Although Venus and Aphrodite overlapped, Venus was a vegetation goddess for the Romans as well as a love and beauty goddess, like Aphrodite.

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