# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/21 "2024-05-19T20:04:30Z")
> **[Hyphen](https://xkcd.com/37/)** > > I do this constantly Still relevant after all these years. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/22 "2024-05-20T02:53:11Z")
Thank you everyone. If it’s just braided hair, it will be harder to figure out who this is. The gods and goddesses had attributes (symbols) for us mere mortals to figure out who was who. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/23 "2024-05-20T03:18:39Z")
Aphrodite/Venus both appear to have the (braided hair?) and water urns. Here is Venus. [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology)#/media/File:Capitoline_Venus_-_Palazzo_Nuovo_-_Musei_Capitolini_-_Rome_2016.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology)#/media/File:Capitoline_Venus_-_Palazzo_Nuovo_-_Musei_Capitolini_-_Rome_2016.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/24 "2024-05-20T03:32:10Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > says they initially labelled it a “water nymph”, then decided it was an “Aphrodite”. That’s a good way to get some poor water innocent water nymph cursed by Aphrodite in an unspeakable manner. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/25 "2024-05-20T03:56:27Z")
Why does it have to be some super-natural type of being at all? It’s not like she’s performing some amazing feat or exhibiting some great power. Why not just: It’s a statue of a beautiful naked young woman. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/26 "2024-05-20T05:46:15Z")
There are more pictures including one from a 45 degree camera angle, over here: > **[Müzedeki Peri!](https://www.bartinhalkgazetesi.com.tr/muzedeki-peri/20982/)** > > Bartın'ın Amasra İlçesinde tarihi Bedesten bölgesinde yapılan sondaj çalışmalarında bulunan su perisi heykeli, Amasra müzesinde görücüye çıktı. Closeup profile: > **[An 1800-year-old water nymph statue was found in the ancient city of Amastris...](https://anatolianarchaeology.net/an-1800-year-old-water-nymph-statue-was-found-in-the-ancient-city-of-amastris/)** > > An 1800-year-old water nymph statue was found in the ancient city of Amastris. In the ancient city of Amastris in the district of Amasra... More: > **[Afrodit heykeli olduğu ortaya çıktı](https://www.ozgurhalkinsesi.com.tr/afrodit-heykeli-oldugu-ortaya-cikti/3005/)** > > Amasra Antik Kenti'ndeki kazı çalışmalarında ortaya çıkarılan su perisi heykelinin aslında Afrodit heykeli olduğu belirlendi Why Aphrodite? Here’s a quote Google-translated from Turkish: > “One of the reasons we call the water fairy is that it is found in the area we call the pool. And the part in the pedestal you saw was a second reason. It was also a layer of water. But after the Aphrodite, where we saw 20 examples of this statue in coastal cities, we clearly understood that we needed to think more towards Aphrodite.” ---
**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 20, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546/27 "2024-05-20T22:51:39Z")
When 1800 years old you reach, look so good you will not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-statue-of-aphrodite-found/1001546.md?page=1)