Capitoline Venus (copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos)

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Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, emerges from her bath, but what did her nudity mean to the Greeks?

 

Capitoline Venus, 2nd century C.E., marble, 193 cm (Capitoline Museums, Rome) (Roman copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos, a 4th century B.C.E. Greek original by Praxiteles)

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

 

Cite this page as: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "Capitoline Venus (copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos)," in Smarthistory, April 5, 2016, accessed January 26, 2021, https://smarthistory.org/capitoline-venus-copy-of-the-aphrodite-of-knidos/.