Painting "The Birth of Venus", by Botticelli, Goddess Aphrodite Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
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Title
Painting "The Birth of Venus", by Botticelli, Goddess Aphrodite Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus
Description
According to legend, Aphrodite, one of the twelve Olympian Gods, Goddess of love, beauty and fertility was born of the sea-foam on the shores of Paphos. The stamp depicts the birth of Aphrodite by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. Aphrodite could seldom be persuaded to lend to the other Goddesses her magic girdle, which made everyone fall in love with the wearer, for she was jealous of her position. Zeus had given her in marriage to Hephaestus, the lame Smith- God; however the true father of the three children she bore him was Ares (Mars) the God of war. Hephaestus knew nothing of the deception until, one night the lovers stayed too long together in bed at Ares’ Thracian palace then Helius as he rose saw them at their sport and told tales to Hephaestus.
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: G. Simonis
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
1979-APHRODITE-125M
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Provenance
Harrison & S ons Ltd, England
Files
Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Painting "The Birth of Venus", by Botticelli, Goddess Aphrodite Commemorative Issue, Republic of Cyprus,” Αψίδα, accessed April 25, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/14980.