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Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of Love
Title: Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of Love
Category: History
Details: Words: 1470 | Pages: 6.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of Love
The word myth derives from the Greek mythos, which has a range of meanings from "word," through "saying" and "story," to "fiction"; the unquestioned validity of mythos can be contrasted with logos, the word whose validity or truth can be argued and demonstrated. Because myths narrate fantastic events with no attempt at proof, it is sometimes assumed that they are simply stories with no factual basis, and the word has become a synonym for falsehood …showed first 75 words of 1470 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1470 total…is frequently compared with that of, the Aphrodite of Melos.This statue is an example of Hellenistic art. No one knows however who created this statue. A peasant on the Greek island of Melos discovered it in 1820 AD. For hundreds of years the statue remained buried in an underground cavern, where it had been damaged and when discovered was in two parts. This statue is believed to have been sculpted around second century BC.
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