MUSIC USED:

The music used in this recording is the intellectual copyright of Michael Levy, a prolific composer for the recreated lyres of antiquity, and used with the creator's permission. Michael Levy's music is available to stream at all the major digital music platforms. Find out more on:

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IMAGES:

Crouching Aphrodite, Roman copy of the 1st century AD, attributed to the sculptor Doidalsas, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/26039017463/in/photolist-FEYLGX-drHR9C-LQ1D9K-Jd7pcL-DDdtnu-2iZGnAW-suEcs9-dnuepo-vkjrxv-9ZCvuY-27SKJ7D-bLkPT4-zs7Edf-scwS5C-Dofpca-rTgBo6-wgHKAE-oWgV4F-eDApnq-AnWXBY-uEVSht-ncotjQ-byJ9Gw-eaQZmT-bxrdLf-BEQidy-PC4Xd2-C7XxPx-9GTcf4-udzndm-k59PnP-2ki3Yze-Ebc8Ls-bMCCZ2-GseKRh-drHUDC-H4jQe8-zk2q2G-Gb76LY-byHUQq-nqJrFG-eDAqVh-CFH9e4-9Kvys1-dNrn4u-zgGchi-9eane1-oDLRFB-byHZjw-6PW6PJ Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Fresco depicting Venus (Venus Anadyomene) reclining naked in the hollow of a cockle shell with a Nereid Nymph and Eros at her side, House of Venus, Pompeii https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/3824214788/in/photolist-6PW6PJ-eaR5NF-eDx9Qv-H4jNzg-bMEmWP-bLkS2F-bMCLxZ-9KrVUm-zk2gw5-DkW2NN-bxqdkU-H4jMWH-bMhwcP-9Kp7Ma-9KrWqW-byKc7m-H1m3kE-DeDxEP-yMksgM-A2jN51-bMhAEn-bMDzsR-mdJvtB-bMDQAD-eabez4-2kJTdoA-AkXtd7-G8P3wG-bMDX28-byJW5Q-byKimm-bMDxWF-bMDENp-K3EBHh-AhKb2b-G8P4uo-GbkSEQ-DFwP94-RxJmfZ-9Ksm6a-HAiHZB-nx5K7T-rVicC3-D83qcz-GxVXmW-KSRXwy-dNku8V-nsrnVJ-9ZzENF-tWvP14 Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

File:Inanna receiving offerings on the Uruk Vase, circa 3200-3000 BCE.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inanna_receiving_offerings_on_the_Uruk_Vase,_circa_3200-3000_BCE.jpg Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) CC BY SA 4.0

Limestone statue of Aphrodite holding winged Eros https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/242017?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=aphrodite&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0

Relief depicting the birth of Aphrodite (Aphrodite Anadyomene), Aphrodisias Museum, Turkey https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/19868596734/in/photolist-wgHKAE-oWgV4F-eDApnq-AnWXBY-uEVSht-ncotjQ-byJ9Gw-eaQZmT-bxrdLf-BEQidy-PC4Xd2-C7XxPx-9GTcf4-udzndm-k59PnP-2ki3Yze-Ebc8Ls-bMCCZ2-GseKRh-drHUDC-H4jQe8-zk2q2G-Gb76LY-byHUQq-nqJrFG-eDAqVh-CFH9e4-9Kvys1-dNrn4u-zgGchi-9eane1-oDLRFB-byHZjw-6PW6PJ-eaR5NF-eDx9Qv-H4jNzg-bMEmWP-bLkS2F-bMCLxZ-9KrVUm-zk2gw5-DkW2NN-bxqdkU-H4jMWH-bMhwcP-9Kp7Ma-9KrWqW-byKc7m-H1m3kE Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Fresco depicting Iapyx removing an arrowhead from Aeneas' thigh in the presence of Venus stands and Aeneas' young son Ascanius, from Pompeii, Naples National Archaeological Museum https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/15307350275/in/photolist-2kGGSmP-2m54BYF-pjEaWk-dpcEat-dpcEvH-dpcNCj-dpcDBc-dpcB1r-zusP22-e11rU4-ywH8oH-nBCvod-zrhtgy-ywz1Wm-ywyShC-zc5JqT-e11rKK-e1773U-e11qc6-zswrHf-yUy7zM-zbZStA Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

File:Hephaistos Thetis at Kylix by the Foundry Painter Antikensammlung Berlin F2294.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hephaistos_Thetis_at_Kylix_by_the_Foundry_Painter_Antikensammlung_Berlin_F2294.jpg User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work Public Domain

Terracotta antefix — Aphrodite and Ares https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246657?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=aphrodite&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=76 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0

File:Guillemot, Alexandre Charles - Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan - Google Art Project.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guillemot,Alexandre_Charles-Mars_and_Venus_Surprised_by_Vulcan-_Google_Art_Project.jpg Alexandre-Charles Guillemot Public Domain US faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) — the judgement of Paris https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246723?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=judgement+of+paris&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=2 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0

File:Aphrodite Adonis Louvre MNB2109 n2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aphrodite_Adonis_Louvre_MNB2109_n2.jpg Jastrow, own work, 2008-03-07 CC BY 3.0

Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248580?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=adonis&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=3 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0

Terracotta squat lekythos (oil jar) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251204?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=adonia&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=1 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0

Terracotta statuette of Aphrodite seated on a rock https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248711?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=aphrodite&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=28 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0

The Tetrapylon, a monumental gateway leading from the main north-south street of the town into a large forecourt in front of the Temple of Aphrodite, built ca. 200 AD, Aphrodisias, Turkey https://flickr.com/photos/carolemage/17036953301/in/photolist-rXuQEa-Jag5Nw-tgWrG1-s6msCj-H4jPFz-E6fq9q-cnsotJ-rXrWC9-HGgJs3-scsg9o-24BZWmB-2j2A2WE-sgU5GW-ej7mrr-G8P2yE-C7XwJM-Guw3vz-BG5qQy-FEYLGX-drHR9C-LQ1D9K-Jd7pcL-DDdtnu-2iZGnAW-suEcs9-dnuepo-vkjrxv-9ZCvuY-27SKJ7D-bLkPT4-zs7Edf-scwS5C-Dofpca-rTgBo6-wgHKAE-oWgV4F-eDApnq-AnWXBY-uEVSht-ncotjQ-byJ9Gw-eaQZmT-bxrdLf-BEQidy-PC4Xd2-C7XxPx-9GTcf4-udzndm-k59PnP-2ki3Yze Carole Raddato CC BY SA 2.0

Terracotta pyxis (box) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248178?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=aphrodite&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=70 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0

Terracotta disk with Aphrodite riding on a swan https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248373?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=aphrodite&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=18 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0

Statuette of Aphrodite with apple https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246682?deptids=13&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=aphrodite&offset=40&rpp=40&pos=69 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access CC0


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