Aphrodite Anadyomene

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Aphrodite Anadyomene is a famous representation of the Greek goddess Aphrodite rising from the sea, most notably depicted in ancient sculpture and lost paintings such as the renowned work by Apelles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art historical motif
iconographic type
mythological representation
artHistoricalPeriod Classical tradition
Hellenistic period
associatedWith Greek mythology
Hellenistic art
Roman art
associatedWithDeity Aphrodite
culturalOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
depicts Aphrodite
surface form: Aphrodite rising from the sea

birth of Aphrodite
documentedBy Pliny the Elder
fieldOfStudy art history
classical archaeology
genderOfDeityDepicted female
genre mythological painting
mythological sculpture
hasEtymology from Greek “anadyomene” meaning “rising up”
hasLanguage Ancient Greek term
hasNameInGreek Aphrodite Anadyomene self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ἀφροδίτη Ἀναδυομένη
iconographicAttribute sea or shell as context
wet hair
influenced Renaissance depictions of Venus
later Roman wall painting
inspired numerous Roman marble statues of Venus
laterLocationOfOriginal Rome
lostOriginal painting by Apelles for the temple of Asclepius at Cos
mainSubject Aphrodite
mentionedIn Pliny the Elder’s Natural History
notableFeature association with sea and water
emphasis on ideal female beauty
notablyDepictedBy Apelles
notablyDepictedIn Roman copies of Greek originals
ancient sculpture
lost painting by Apelles
relatedMotif Birth of Venus iconography
Venus Anadyomene
symbolizes beauty
fertility
love
sexuality
typicalGesture wringing water from her hair
typicalPose standing nude
typicalSetting emerging from the sea
visualTheme emergence and rebirth from the sea
worshipContext linked to cults of Aphrodite and sea deities

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Aphrodite epithet Aphrodite Anadyomene
Aphrodite myth Aphrodite Anadyomene
this entity surface form: Birth of Aphrodite
Aphrodite Anadyomene hasNameInGreek Aphrodite Anadyomene self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ἀφροδίτη Ἀναδυομένη