Hermes, Aphrodite, Eros terracotta tablet 475-450 BCE
"Mercurius [Hermes] stirred by Venus's [Aphrodite's] beauty, fell in love with her, and when she permitted no favours, became greatly downcast, as if in disgrace. Jove [Zeus] pitied him, and when Venus [Aphrodite] was bathing in the river Achelous he sent an eagle to take her sandal to Amythaonia of the Egyptians and give it to Mercurius [Hermes]. Venus [Aphrodite], in seeking for it, came to him who loved her, and so he, on attaining his desire, as a reward put the eagle in the sky."
-Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.16 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.)
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| The Gods Hermes and Aphrodite are reproduced on this clay tablet. A winged Eros is standing on the outstretched arm of the Goddess; she holds a flower in her hand. Between the Gods, a vessel for burning incense “thymiaterion”, popular offering to the goddess Aphrodite. The holes in the top qualify this tablet as an offering object to be hung in a sanctuary. Clay tablet from Locri, Calabria. Terracotta. Ca. 475—450 BCE. Munich, State Antique Collection. |
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