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theoi-crow · 2 years

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Imagine being a sex worker in ancient Athens named: Mnesarete but everyone calls you:

and then some guy named Praxiteles looks at you and goes, "I'ma make you a naked statue, but not just any statue, a naked Aphrodite statue," sells it to Knidos and calls it "Aphrodite of Knidos."

Which turns you into such a legend making so much money that your ex lovers are suing you and your current lovers are defending you, and you get acquitted by showing off your breasts to the judges to prove you have the favor of the gods:

But you showing off your bits is debatable because so many ancient people are writing stories about you, so we don't know if you showed off your bits, your lover did, the judges requested it or what but we do know you went to court.

You are literally the face of Aphrodite

and your statue is so famous that it breaks the minds of ancient Greek people who have never seen a goddess depicted naked before. Your statue also gives Praxiteles massive fame and the invention of the Praxitelan S-curve.

Your statue has a famous legend attached to it:

about a young guy who commited suicide after breaking into a temple to try to have sex with your statue and getting caught by the priest: (LINK)

Also everyone is trying to buy your statue and putting the small town that bought it on the map because every one and their mother is going to see this statue, so it becomes a big tourist attraction and a major source of income for the town.

And if that's not all, even after you DIE the Romans become OBSESSED with your statue and they make different versions and poses with your FACE on them and canonize your face as Aphrodite to future generations forever.

and you were just this poor sex worker trying to live in a world that hates you and the women who are in the same boat as you, but Aphrodite looked at you and inspired Praxiteles to be like "Yup, that's her, that's the face of Aphrodite" which proves the idea of Aphrodite being known as the oldest fate: (The one that changes your fate in an instant because going from poor to rich AF in ancient Greece for an independent woman was practically IMPOSSIBLE).

And people still believe that Aphrodite does not protect or even likes sex workers while they look at the literal face of a sex worker whenever they look at a traditional statue of Aphrodite like...

You're exhausting....

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aphroditehearmyprayer · 10 months

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2500 years old statue of Aphrodite

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aphroditestruth · 3 months

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happyheidi · 2 years

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archive mb for @faith-gigliorosa ♡

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witchrealms · 14 days

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blueiskewl · 5 months

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Turkish Archaeologists Unearth Sculpted Heads of Ancient Greek Deities

The excavations in Kutahya province’s ancient city of Aizanoi, which is the site of many ancient Greek and Roman-era settlements, discover the statue heads of Dionysus and Aphrodite.

Turkish archaeologists have discovered more sculpted heads of ancient Greek deities during excavations in Türkiye's western Kutahya province.

The statue head of Aphrodite, known as the goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythology, and the statue head of Dionysus, the deity of wine, were discovered during excavation work in an ancient city in central Türkiye.

Modern Türkiye is the site of many ancient Greek and Roman-era settlements.

With a history dating back 5,000 years, Aizanoi, situated 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the Kutahya city centre, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2012.

Archaeological excavations are currently underway in Aizanoi, which is located in the Cavdarhisar district of Kutahya province and is home to Anatolia's best-preserved Temple of Zeus.

Archaeology professor and excavation team leader Gokhan Coskun told Anadolu Agency that numerous statue pieces were discovered during the excavation.

"The most exciting development for us this season is uncovering new heads of the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, and the deity of wine Dionysus," Coskun said.

"In the excavation works we have conducted in the region so far, we have unearthed more than 100 statue pieces. Some of the heads found are from statues that are 2-3 meters long," he noted.

"These statue heads, which we first discovered three years ago, are in very well-preserved condition. During our excavations, so far we have discovered two Aphrodite and three Dionysus statue heads," Coskun said.

The excavation season, which began in the ancient city last April, will be completed by the end of this month, Coskun added.