Chapter 09 Web Resources

Links

Perseus Vase Catalog/Aphrodite

(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/browser?object=Vase&field=Keyword&keyclass=Divinities&keyword=Aphrodite)

Here you will find a nice selection of vases from Perseus in which the goddess Aphrodite figures. Read the vase descriptions and click on the images of those which interest you. (Note: Not all of the images may be available to you.)

Aphrodite

(http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Aphrodite.html)

Scroll down and investigate some of the ancient sources concerning Aphrodite. At the bottom of the page you can access the picture gallery containing images of Aphrodite. Pay particular attention to the sculptural pieces.

Venere e Adone

(http://www.thais.it/scultura/barocca.htm)

Thais—1200 Years of Italian Sculpture. Scroll down to Stati Cristoforo and click the thumbnail of his statue of Venus and Adonis.

Sappho

(https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/sappho

Learn more about the poetess Sappho.

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