The Daily Beast

The Ancient Sculptor Who First Disrobed Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love

Tourists came from near and far to see her. Women visited to pay their respects and beseech her to fulfill their hopes and dreams, while prominent families gave offerings to her on behalf of their ...
The New York Times

PRAXITELES' APHRODITE AT THE ARTS CLUB; Marvelous Feat of Greek Sculpture to be Seen in New York. PHRYNE WAS THE MODEL Masterpiece Which Reveals Sculptor's Knowledge of the ...

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MinnPost

Nude hotel opens — briefly — in Turkey

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The Australian

David Price Williams brings delight to Looking for Aphrodite

That was in 2014, whereas this book is an account of the first dig David Price Williams participated in back in 1969 while doing his PhD. With his archeological knowledge now encyclopedic, his ...
Country Life

In Focus: The Hamilton Aphrodite, 'the finest ancient sculpture ever to have resided in Scotland', and how it smashed its £3 million auction estimate

In 475AD, a fire destroyed much of Constantinople, including the Lauseion, or Palace of Lausus, which contained an unrivalled collection of Greek sculpture. One of the most revered was the Aphrodite ...
JSTOR Daily

"Excellent Offerings": The Lausos Collection in Constantinople

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the early years of the fifth century C.E., Lausos, an aristocrat at the court of Theodosios II (402-450), formed a collection of ancient ...