Tag: Beauty
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Javiera Estrada, Goddess of Beauty 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #10
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus; her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. Myrtle, roses, doves, sparrows and swans were sacred to her. Aphrodite was created from the sea foam produced by Uranus’s genitals, which had been severed by Cronus. In Homer’s Iliad, however,…
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Laurence Winram, Mihaela as Cerynitis II 01 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #7
Laurence Winram, United Kingdom Nude – Mihaela as Cerynitis II Photography: Color on Paper. Size: 23.4 H x 16.5 W x 0 in Private collection In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian Hind (Greek: Ελαφος Κερυνῖτις Elaphos Kerynitis), also called Cerynitis or the Golden Hind, was an enormous hind, who lived in Keryneia, Greece. It was sacred to Artemis,…
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