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Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη; Latin: Venus) is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.Aphrodite was associated with Golden Apple of Discord by Eris and with magic girdle. The word ΚΑΛΛΊΣΤῌ (Ancient Greek: kallistē, Modern Greek: kallisti; "for/to the most beautiful") was inscribed on the Golden Apple of Discord by Eris. Καλλίστῃ is the dative singular of the feminine superlative of καλλός, beautiful.
Reference for the painting of the drapery [link]
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When you know the whole myth because your professor is crazy lunatic who makes every student know every single mythe cuz reasons...
Awesome picture, I love the warmth of the colors and style. X3
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Hi! Would you mind me using this picture on my blog? Of course, I'd mark the source and link it back here.
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I saw it and just was amazed by it. It's so beautiful <3
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I love this drawing. Every detail, from the apple to the plant on the left, the fantastic dress and the hair (oh, the hair is great!). Awesome, amazing. Great job. She's a perfect goddess of love and sex.
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You even explained Καλλίστῃ ,great job (I'm learning ancient greek in school 
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This piece now appears in a feature celebrating the 2012 transit of Venus! [link]
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One of my favorite Goddesses in Greek mythology. Wonderful job!
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i have just done a fan art copy of this because i think it's amazing
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excellent!!!!!!!!!! but if you refers to ancient greek, "kalòs" is written with only one lambda, watch out XD
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The coloring is abosolutley beautiful. The pictures that are drawn of Athena don't really look like her, but this does because of the elegant colors and look to everything.
Wonderful job 
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this is cool it's not like the typical depiction of beauty.....kind of a pouty expression.....something off, mysterious and sexy......much is hidden
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Great job!
The dove is associated with Aprodite as well as the mistletoe plant. She wa also he wife of Hephaestus - the god of fire, smithing, craftsmanship, and metalworking.
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Beautiful as the goddess of herself. Splendid work.
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All the effort is pointless if you don't believe in yourself.
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This looks absolutely gorgeous. This is a wonderful interpretation of the goddess.
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This is truly beautiful, I'm in an Art History class at my High School and we're on Greek Art and my us the story of the Venus de Milo, so I'm glad I found this. You have a gift!
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amazing it look so much like the one from the stories, and the apple is so well drawn
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Absolutely gorgeous! There are not enough beautiful works of Aphrodite on this site and this one just stood out so much!
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A. Maz. Ing. Wow. This is beautiful. The embodiment of Aphrodite
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Awesome. Aphrodite cares not if anything is destroyed in love!
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I did always imagine her as a blonde
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her face is so beautiful! and the lighting/shadowing is amazing
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OMG!! That is amzing. Aphrodite personified. Wow
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