Marble Group Of Aphrodite With Pan And Eros Hellenistic
The goddess aphrodite fends off the lascivious goat legged god pan with a raised sandal.
Marble group of aphrodite with pan and eros hellenistic. It depicts a nude of goddess aphrodite attempting to repel the erotic advances of the goat footed god pan. Aphrodite of delos marble group of aphrodite with pan and eros about 100 bc aphrodite of delos with pan eros the naked goddess of beauty and love is rendered frontally with hair well combed and tied up by means of a scarf bound in a bow above her parting. Group of aphrodite pan and eros found in the house of the poseidoniastai of beryttos on delos aphrodite attempts to fend off pan who makes erotic advances national archaeological museum of athens 13912357968 jpg 3 264 4 928. Aphrodite eros and pan sculptural group with aphrodite repelling pan with her sandal and the help of eros.
He tries to pull her hand away from her covered groin. The famous venus de milo is a larger than life size marble statue of aphrodite found on melos together with its inscribed base now lost signed by the sculptor alexandros of antioch on the meander. The undressing of aphrodite for example became the norm but hellenistic sculptors went beyond praxiteles and openly explored the eroticism of the nude female form. National archaeological museum athens greece.
Hellenstic marble statue group of aphrodite venus with pan and eros circa 100 bc house of poseidonaistai of beryttos delos athens national archa statue of venus eros and pan at the acropolis museum in athens. Aphrodite pan and eros from the establishment of the poseidoniasts of berytos beirut on delos c. Marble group statue of aphrodite pan and eros from delos 100 bc the national archaeological museum of athens this group statue made of parian marble was found in the sacred island of delos. The manner in which she bends her left leg lends a gracefulness to her stance.
100 bce marble height 4 feet 4 inches national museum athens. A delightful composition carved in white marble from paros in the hellenistic era circa 100 bce. Group of aphrodite pan and eros this is one of the best known and most characteristic representations of the goddess aphrodite assaulted by the goat legged pan. A sculpture of aphrodite pan and eros exhibited in the national archaeological museum of athens in greece is estimated to be carved at about 100 bc by an unknown sculptor.
The group stands on its original square base which bears a votive inscription. Traces of color are still faintly visible.