# Beautiful statue of Aphrodite found **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546 "2024-05-14T11:26:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/1 "2024-05-14T11:26:00Z")
Classic art from Greece found in the lost city of Amastris. [WARNING TO BLUE-NOSES AND FIG LEAF PLANTERS–NUDITY IN CLASSICAL ART. {LINK}](https://arkeonews.net/beautiful-water-nymph-statue-turns-out-to-be-aphrodite/) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/2 "2024-05-14T11:52:13Z")
Hubba-hubba. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/3 "2024-05-14T11:54:30Z")
Look at those guns. That’s a mighty Aphrodite. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/4 "2024-05-14T12:06:52Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/5 "2024-05-14T12:09:22Z")
Beautiful. Talented artist. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/6 "2024-05-14T13:21:06Z")
No underwire bras necessary there. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/7 "2024-05-14T14:24:19Z")
It says they initially labelled it a “water nymph”, then decided it was an “Aphrodite”. What is the difference? Is there a pose or a hairstyle that determines one or the other? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/8 "2024-05-14T14:45:30Z")
It’s nice, but it’s no _ **Aphrodite Kallipygos** _: [![](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Callipyge#/media/File%3AVenere_Callipige_Napoli.jpg) ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Callipyge#/media/File%3AVenere_Callipige_Napoli.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/9 "2024-05-15T17:26:13Z")
I finally understand what callipygian means. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/10 "2024-05-15T19:09:09Z")
I guess I wandered into the frat boy forum by mistake. 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/11 "2024-05-15T19:20:03Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > What is the difference? Is there a pose or a hairstyle that determines one or the other? I was wondering the same thing. It may be that thing with the hair on top. The one that Alessan linked has that same hair style. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/12 "2024-05-15T21:29:53Z")
Not the best photograph of the statue. Directly front-on isn’t the most flattering view of a person (and thus, of a statue of a person). ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/13 "2024-05-19T02:06:28Z")
What does everyone think is on her head? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/14 "2024-05-19T12:24:21Z")
I’m guessing a crown of flowers. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/15 "2024-05-19T14:20:43Z")
I’d guess it’s a bunch of sea shells/ cockle shells amassed on her head. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/16 "2024-05-19T14:55:49Z")
The hair is a variation of the knotted style particularly associated with [Apollo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Belvedere) and Aphrodite/Venus. Along with the Aphrodite Kallipygos, comparable examples of a similar date include the [Capitoline Venus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Venus), the [Borghese Venus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borghese_Venus) and the [Mazarin Venus](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SNC). ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/17 "2024-05-19T16:47:14Z")
I’d have to go with her own braided hair. The point of being the sexist woman ever (an actual goddess) is that you have the baddest ass hair along with everything else top shelf. No flowers or do-dsds necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/18 "2024-05-19T18:17:27Z")
If she has the baddest ass hair, she’s not Aphrodite. I figure the god with the baddest ass hair is probably Vulcan, since he’s the god of plumbers, and other working types. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/19 "2024-05-19T18:43:24Z")
I would think Pan would put Vulcan to shame. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/20 "2024-05-19T19:12:02Z")
There’s a difference between fur and hair. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546.md?page=2)