Aphrodite
Aphrodite governs desire and sexuality. She is also known as Cytherea, Cypris, and
     Venus (Roman). Two origin stories- phallus of Ouranos or Zeus and Dione. She is often pictured with a sceptre or a mirror.
1. Aphrodite, Artemis, and Apollo: Olympian Gods in Council- the pro-Trojan faction, Treasury of the Siphnians in Delphi, ca 525 BC marble.

2. Birth of Aphrodite: Graecia Ludovisi Throne, ca 470-460 BC.

3. Aphrodite rides a goose: Pistoxenos Painter, ca 460 BC.

4. Aphrodite: White-ground cup, Lyandros Painter, Museo Archeologico Florence, ca 460 BC.

5. Aphrodite and Erotes: Apulian vase, ca 380 BC.

6. Birth of Aphrodite: Attic Pelike, ca 370-360 BC.

7. Aphrodite and Adonis: Bronze mirror cover, ca 4th century BC.

8. Aphrodite, Eros, and Pan: Delos,ca 100 BC.

9. Aphrodite: 1st century BC.

10. Venus: Pompeiian wall painting: Casa dei Venus, 1st century AD.

11. Aphrodite: Marble statue, 45cm high.

Modern Representations in Art

1. Venus with mirror, Titian, 1552-1555.

2. Venus and Adonis: Reubens, Peter Paul, ca 1610.

3. Aphrodite of Melos, called Venus di Milo, ca 100 BC. (intranet)

4. Birth of Venus: Botticelli, ca 1482. (intranet)

5. Venus of Urbino: Titian, 1538. (intranet)

6. The Birth of Venus: Botticelli, 1480-5.

7. Venus and Mars: Botticelli, 1485-90.

8. Venus Bandaging the Eyes of Cupid: Titian, 1565.

9. Venus and Adonis: Veronese.

10. Birth of Venus: Reubens, 1636-8.