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Venus and Aphrodite: A Biography of Desire
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An accessible interpretation of the ancient legacy of Aphrodite-Venus, this multi-century exploration of the relationship between the goddess and humanity is steeped in history and mythology. It's a fantastic women-centric classic work to add to the likes of Mary Beard, Emily Wilson and Madeline Miller.
A “lively, wide-ranging” (TheTimes, UK)cultural history of the goddess of love
Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a froth of white foam. But long before the ancient Greeks conceived of this voluptuous blonde, she existed as an early spirit of fertility on the shores of Cyprus-and thousands of years before that, as a ferocious warrior-goddess in the Middle East. Historian Bettany Hughes reveals the remarkable life story of one of antiquity's most potent myths.
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