Votive Relief with Aphrodite and devotees 4th c. BCE

"Of Kythereia (Cytherea) [Aphrodite], born in Kypros (Cyprus), I will sing. She gives kindly gifts to men: smiles are ever on her lovely face, and lovely is the brightness that plays over it. Hail, Goddess, queen of well-built Salamis and sea-girt Kypros; grant me a cheerful song. And now I will remember you and another song also."

-Homeric Hymn 10 to Aphrodite

"Votive Relief with Aphrodite and devotees" Greek, Late Classical period, 4th century B.C. Marble (Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).


Source:

https://www.kythera-family.net/en/photos/diaspora-social-life/aphrodite-and-the-gods-of-love-exhibit-at-mfa-20079

 

Quote:

https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Aphrodite.html

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