Tag: Oreads
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09 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes, 2
BRUSSELMANS Jean, (1884 – 1953) Mount of Venus, c. 1947 Ink and watercolor on paper 48.5x52cm. Private Collection “Mount of Venus,” simultaneously a mountain shrine and a figurative reference to female genitals. Medical terminology still calls the pubic area mons veneris. Medieval Europe had mountains of the same name. Pope Pius II said witches met by night on Mons…
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