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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-12-12 11:34:21
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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"Sokrates: Well, and is not Eros, the son of Aphrodite, a god?"
Plato, Phaedrus
πŸ› #Aphrodite and #Eros, Terracotta statue, Arcelogical Museum of Catalunya

Terracotta statue of Aphrodite and Eros. Aphrodite is seated, a himation draped around her legs. Eros is depicted as a young boy, standing next to her, his arms wrapped around his mother's neck. He is smiling as he kisses her. Aphrodite holds him, her hand resting on his back, just below the wings.
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-10-18 01:23:34
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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"Again Eros, looking at me meltingly from under his dark eyelids, hurls me with his manifold enchantments into the boundless nets of Kypris [Aphrodite]. How I fear his onset."
Ibycus, Fragment 287
πŸ› Aphrodite terracotta figurine with #Eros, Tanagra, ca 400 BCE

Nude Aphrodite terracotta figurine with paint residue showing that her skin is pale and her hair a reddish brown. Eros holds the cloth of a cloak or himation that falls behind her, looking up at her adoringly. His hair was painted blond.