Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire Hughes Bettany
Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire Hughes Bettany A cultural history of the goddess of love, from an award-winning historianAphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a…
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Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire Hughes Bettany
A cultural history of the goddess of love, from an award-winning historianAphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a froth of white foam. Proving that this fabled figure is so much more than an avatar of commercialized romance, historian Bettany Hughes reveals the remarkable lifestory of one of antiquity's most potent myths.Venus and Aphrodite brings together ancient art, mythology, and archaeological revelations to tell the story of human desire. But long before the Ancient Greeks conceived of this voluptuous blonde, she existed as an early spirit of fertility on the shores of Cyprus -- and thousands of years before that, as a ferocious warrior-goddess in the Middle East.
From Mesopotamia to modern-day London, from Botticelli to Beyonc , Hughes explains why this immortal goddess continues to entrance us today -- and how we trivialize her
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