The Open court . THE STATUE OF VENUS BY KALA^ Roschers Lcxikon, I, p. 412. was represented at first as partly uncovered and finally entirelynude. As an instance of the older type we reproduce a statue ofVenus by Kalamis thought to be the same as that called saviour of men, which stood on the Acropolis. Praxitelesseems to have been the first to dare picture Aphrodite stripped ofher dress apparently at the moment when she rose from the sea,or when ready to descend into a bath. In Rome Aphrodite was identified with Venus, the goddess of 614 THE OPEN COURT. vegetation and gard
The Open court . THE STATUE OF VENUS BY KALA^ Roschers Lcxikon, I, p. 412. was represented at first as partly uncovered and finally entirelynude. As an instance of the older type we reproduce a statue ofVenus by Kalamis thought to be the same as that called saviour of men, which stood on the Acropolis. Praxitelesseems to have been the first to dare picture Aphrodite stripped ofher dress apparently at the moment when she rose from the sea,or when ready to descend into a bath. In Rome Aphrodite was identified with Venus, the goddess of 614 THE OPEN COURT. vegetation and gardening, and in the imperial age her popularityincreased because the legend of Aeneas made her the ancestor ofthe Julian family and the protectrix of Caesar. The nature ofVenus as the mother of the universe, the mistress of existence, andthe representative of all that is charming and lovely endeared her. HEAD OF THE CROUCHING VENUS. to philosophers and poets, and so even the freethinker amongclassical poets, Titus Lucretius, dedicated to her his philosophicalbook of poetry, Dc rerum natura, in these often quoted words :^ Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,Dear Venus that beneath the gliding starsMakest to teem the many-voyaged mainAnd fruitful lands—for all of living things Translated by Dr. William Ellery Leonard. APHRODITE. 615 Through thee are risen to visit the great sun-Before thee, Goddess, and thy coming on,Flee stormy wind and massy cloud away;
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