# Which classical goddess was the bustiest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027 "2016-08-16T23:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/1 "2016-08-16T23:35:56Z")
Going by descriptions of her in literature, I would have thought Hera/Juno (hence the adjective “Junoesque”); but all the classical statues of her are b-cups at most. In fact none of the Greco-Roman goddesses seem to be depicted as full-figured; would that have been considered vulgar by Greek sculptors? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/2 "2016-08-17T00:46:10Z")
Artemis is often depicted with multiple breasts, so I’d say she’s the bustiest. [http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/S6.12.html](http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/S6.12.html) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/3 "2016-08-17T01:02:35Z")
reek Goddesses aren’t all that busty, just as Greek figures of men or gods aren’t terribly well-endowed (the exception being Priapus and other dwarflike figures of that sort. You could have a huge penis if you were otherwise grotesque.) If you want Big Boobs, look to Indian Goddesses, especially the Asparas [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=AwrBTzbptrNXoycADjZXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTE0OG8yMzhpBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjE5MTBfMQRzZWMDcGl2cw--?p=Busty+Indian+Goddess+carvings&fr=yfp-t&fr2=piv-web#id=2&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmysticalsex.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F09%2Fkhajuraho.jpg&action=click](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBTzbptrNXoycADjZXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0OG8yMzhpBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjE5MTBfMQRzZWMDcGl2cw--?p=Busty+Indian+Goddess+carvings&fr=yfp-t&fr2=piv-web#id=2&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fmysticalsex.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F09%2Fkhajuraho.jpg&action=click) > **[Apsaras on Column Piece | Exotic India Art](https://www.exoticindiaart.com/product/sculptures/apsaras-on-column-piece-za78/)** > > Apsaras on Column Piece,Apsaras South Indian Temple Wood Carving > **[Find Sculpture & Carving of Apsaras| Indian Sculptures & Art](https://www.exoticindiaart.com/sculptures/southindian/apsara/)** > > Buy Sculptures & Carvings of Apsaras at ExoticIndia. Take a look at out our collection of intricate Wood Carvings & beautiful Indian Sculptures. If you want something closer to Greece, try the Minoan Snake Goddess: [https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;\_ylt=AwrBT9EytrNXqIAA2UlXNyoA;\_ylu=X3oDMTEyMm43aWFsBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjE5MTBfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=Cretan+Snake+Goddess&slotting=yst&fr=yfp-t](https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBT9EytrNXqIAA2UlXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyMm43aWFsBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjE5MTBfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=Cretan+Snake+Goddess&slotting=yst&fr=yfp-t) ---
**Author:** ![Textual\_Innuendo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@Textual\_Innuendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Innuendo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/4 "2016-08-17T01:02:57Z")
Depending on your definition of “classical”, if you go as recent as 400BC and a little further south than Greece and Rome, I’d nominate [Parvati / Devi](http://https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/The_Hindu_Goddess_Parvati_LACMA_M.72.1.14_%281_of_2%29.jpg/440px-The_Hindu_Goddess_Parvati_LACMA_M.72.1.14_%281_of_2%29.jpg) in the Hindu pantheon. Rowr! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/5 "2016-08-17T01:29:36Z")
Fertility fetishes, often known as [mother goddesses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess), are second to none in their exaggerated features. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/6 "2016-08-17T02:01:46Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > (hence the adjective “Junoesque”) That’s an adjective? _googles_ Huh. Well, I’ll be adding that to my active vocabulary. Although I must say that it’s ironic just how well it does not describe Ellen Page. Anyway, yeah: Large breasts weren’t really part of the classical beauty ideal (as long as we’re talking Greeks/Romans). Going by the sculptural evidence, about a handful per boob seems to have been considered optimal. So, wherever we got our current bizarre cultural obsession with oversized chestal regions from, it wasn’t from there. BTW: Interesting OP/username combo. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/7 "2016-08-17T02:38:59Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > That’s an adjective? _googles_ Huh. Well, I’ll be adding that to my active vocabulary. Although I must say that it’s ironic just how well it does not describe Ellen Page. When I imagine a Greco-Roman mother goddess, I don’t picture someone like This: [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39250/39250-h/images/mgr12.jpg](http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39250/39250-h/images/mgr12.jpg) I picture someone like : [noparse][https://revcontent-p0.s3.amazonaws.com/content/images/7cef2b22c08edc76597aee616196e477.jpg[/noparse]](https://revcontent-p0.s3.amazonaws.com/content/images/7cef2b22c08edc76597aee616196e477.jpg%5B/noparse%5D). Now THAT’s Junoesque. (Mods, I did remember the two-click rule; why the hell isn’t noparse working?) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/8 "2016-08-17T02:45:07Z")
\ Severe editing problems due to lag time. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/9 "2016-08-17T02:54:49Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > \ Severe editing problems due to lag time. Try this: [![](https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/gutenberg.org/3/9/2/5/39250/39250-h/images/mgr12.jpg) ](https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/gutenberg.org/3/9/2/5/39250/39250-h/images/mgr12.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/10 "2022-10-03T04:49:52Z")
Replying now because I got a Popular Link award. Anyway, let’s try again for the comparison photo I was trying to link to: link: > **Summary {Bordering on NSFW}** > > [https://revcontent-p0.s3.amazonaws.com/content/images/7cef2b22c08edc76597aee616196e477.jpg](https://revcontent-p0.s3.amazonaws.com/content/images/7cef2b22c08edc76597aee616196e477.jpg) Now **that’s** a Hera, goddess of motherhood and the mythological source of the Milky Way, that I can imagine Zeus blasting mortals for ogling at her. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/11 "2022-10-03T06:02:36Z")
😮 I was expecting another statue! ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/12 "2022-10-03T07:34:27Z")
Me too. Were we just Rick Rolled? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/13 "2022-10-03T09:23:21Z")
I’m going to go ahead and say that this is the type of thread that makes women on this board wonder if there’s any place for them here. Not ranked in the first level, active misogyny, but one which is so completely about the male gaze that I for one feel a familiar taste of bile. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/14 "2022-10-03T10:50:01Z")
Yeah. “How have beauty standards varied across different times and cultures?” is potentially an interesting question. “Here are some ancient statues which might illustrate contemporary beauty standards” could be a reasonable cite depending on the tone of the discussion. “What about tits?” accompanied by a photo of a live model bending over to show a couple of acres of cleavage… It’s unseemly at best and inappropriate for the boards, let alone the forum. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/15 "2022-10-03T11:04:01Z")
I hope you aren’t on any watchlist since that search result will leave the Government agent assigned to your case very confused. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/16 "2022-10-03T11:08:32Z")
Moderating: > [@Ulfreida](#): > > I’m going to go ahead and say that this is the type of thread that makes women on this board wonder if there’s any place for them here. Not ranked in the first level, active misogyny, but one which is so completely about the male gaze that I for one feel a familiar taste of bile. Yup. I’m going to temporarily close this thread pending review of one of the FQ mods. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/17 "2022-10-03T11:08:48Z")
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classical-goddess-was-the-bustiest/763027/18 "2022-10-03T13:56:13Z")
**Moderator Note** Upon review, this will remain closed. @Lumpy this post may have been acceptable in 2016, but since then we have been trying to make the SDMB less hostile to our female members. Let’s not have any more posts that are simply objectifying women and parts of their anatomy.