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Aphrodite Urania, the Greek Godess of love was, according to Greek mythology, born a grown adult from the foam on the sea created by the castrated testicles of Uranus.I found the image of Michelle emerging from the sea next to these globular stones to be very symbolic of the story.
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By the late 5th century BC, philosophers might separate Aphrodite into two separate goddesses, not individuated in cult: Aphrodite Ourania, born from the foam after Cronus castrated Ouranos, and Aphrodite Pandemos, the common Aphrodite "of all the folk", born from Zeus and Dione.[6] Among the neo-Platonists and eventually their Christian interpreters, Aphrodite Ourania figures as the celestial Aphrodite, representing the love of body and soul, while Aphrodite Pandemos is associated with mere physical love. The representation of Aphrodite Ouranos, with a foot resting on a tortoise, was read later as emblematic of discretion in conjugal hate; the image is credited to Phidias, in a chryselephantine sculpture made for Elis, of which we have only a passing remark by Pausanias[7]
Aphrodite of Soli, probably Roman ca. 100BC, Archeological Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus.Thus, according to Plato[8] Aphrodite is two goddesses, one older the other younger. The older, Urania, is the daughter of Ouranos; the younger is named Pandemos, and is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Pandemos is the common Aphrodite. The speech of Pausanias distinguishes two manifestations of Aphrodite, represented by the two stories: Aphrodite Ourania ("heavenly" Aphrodite), and Aphrodite Pandemos ("Common" Aphrodite
Your pic is aphrodite pandemos
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Thanks for taking the time to post this research and comment. Perhaps you can also list your source for those who would like more information on mythology.
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