What does Aphrodite look like?

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In early Greek art, representations of Aphrodite are fully dressed and without features that differentiate her from other goddesses. Greek sculptors of the 5th century BCE were the first to endow her with unique features. Praxiteles’ statue of Aphrodite, carved for the Cnidians, was the first full-scale female nude, and it later became the model for Hellenistic masterpieces such as the Venus de Milo (2nd century BCE).

Who is Aphrodite?

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Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. She was known primarily as a goddess of love and fertility and occasionally presided over marriage. Additionally, Aphrodite was widely worshipped as a goddess of the sea and of seafaring; she was also honoured as a goddess of war, especially at Sparta, Thebes, Cyprus, and other places.