Painting "Aphrodite Emerging from the Waters" by Tiziano Vecellio, Goddess Aphrodite Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
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Title
Painting "Aphrodite Emerging from the Waters" by Tiziano Vecellio, Goddess Aphrodite Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
Description
This stamp depicts a Greco -Roman statue of "Bathing Aphrodite" which was found at Soloi and is now in the Cyprus Museum. Aphrodite was the adopted daughter of Zeus. In Roman, Phoenician and Ar menian mythologies she was Venus, Astarte and Anahid respec tively. In myth she inspired sweet passion in Gods and men beguiling even Zeus to mate with mortal women. Among her notable victims in the myths
were Helen, wife of Menelaos for whose sake the Greeks fought at Troy, and Medeia, the enchantress who aided Jason and the Argonauts. (Extract from: Mythology, Richard Cavendish)
were Helen, wife of Menelaos for whose sake the Greeks fought at Troy, and Medeia, the enchantress who aided Jason and the Argonauts. (Extract from: Mythology, Richard Cavendish)
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Designer: A. Malecos
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
TIFF
Language
EL, EN
Type
Identifier
1982-APRODITE-175
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Provenance
Aspioti - Elka, Athens
Files
Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Painting "Aphrodite Emerging from the Waters" by Tiziano Vecellio, Goddess Aphrodite Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus,” Αψίδα, accessed July 4, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/12889.