The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Paphia was a sanctuary in ancient Paphos on Cyprus dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. Located where the legendary birth of Aphrodite took place, it has been referred to as
Panorama of the sanctuary ruins
Conical stone which served as the cult idol in the sanctuary of Aphrodite
Sanctuary of Aphrodite, Palaepaphos
Venus Anadyomene
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Venus Anadyomene is one of the iconic representations of the goddess Venus, made famous in a much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in Pliny's Natural History, with the anecdote tha
Sanctuary of Aphrodite Paphia
…historical religious significance. The site of Paphos was a holy place for the ancient Greeks, who believed it to be the place where Aphrodite landed when she rose from the sea. According to Pausanias (i. 14), her worship was introduced to Paphos from Syria, and from Paphos to Kythira in Greece. The cult was likely of Phoenician…
A bronze statue of Venus Anadyomene made in the 1st or 2nd century. Venus is shown wringing out her hair. The statue was discovered in Kortrijk and is now in the collection of the Musée royal de Mariemont.
A mural of Venus Anadyomene, with the goddess wringing her hair, from the Casa del Principe di Napoli in Pompeii
Venus rising from the sea, a wall painting from Pompeii
Sandro Botticelli, Uffizi Gallery, Florence 1484–1486