Aphrodite 300 BCE

"This son, Megapenthes, was born to him of a bondwoman, for heaven vouchsafed Helen no more children after she had borne Hermione, who was fair as golden Venus herself."

-Homer, The Odyssey: Book 4

Aphrodite head in terra-cotta, about 300 BCE.
Source: ARCHEO y. XVII n. 4(194) April 2001.

Source:

http://www.whatischemistry.unina.it/en/martceramica.html

 

Quote:

http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.4.iv.html