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Lekyth figurine in the form of Aphrodite in a shell. 4th century BC. Phanagoria necropolis. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Terracotta of goddess Aphrodite born from the sea in a shell. 4th century BCE. Athens, EthnikΓ³ ArheologikΓ³ MoussΓo (National Archaeological Museum)
A terracotta figurine depicting Aphrodite emerging from a shell. 3rd century BCE. South Italy. Archaeological Museum of Brindisi, Italy.
Aphrodite in a Shell. 3rd century BCE. Terracotta. Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany.
Terrocotta figurine of Aphrodite emerging from a shell. 300β270 BC. Thessaloniki. Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.
Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from the sea) in her sea shell. Terracotta, made in Amisos (Pontus). Late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE. Kertch (ancient Panticapaeum). Louvre Collections.
Aphrodite emerging from a shell. 275-300 BC. Corinth. Paris, Louvre Museum
A rare variation of this iconographic type is the terracotta figurine of Aphrodite Anadyomene in a shell.
Although the shell is not mentioned in the earliest versions of the myth, it had already become one of Aphroditeβs most characteristic symbols by the Hellenistic period. The image of the nude young goddess emerging from a shell evokes the marine setting of her birth and carries symbolic associations with fertility and beauty.
This iconographic theme has persisted through the centuries. From Hellenistic terracotta figurines and Roman works of art to the Renaissance and beyond, the image of Aphrodite rising from the sea has remained one of the most beloved and emblematic motifs in Western art. Sandro Botticelli's celebrated The Birth of Venus is perhaps the best-known expression of this long artistic tradition, reflecting the enduring appeal of the myth and the goddess's iconography.
-Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. (2026). The Birth of a Goddess: A Figurine of Aphrodite Anadyomene in a Shell. https://www.amth.gr/en/exhibitions/exhibit-of-the-month/birth-goddess-figurine-aphrodite-anadyomene-shell
Greek ceramic lekythos with Aphrodite rising from the sea, attended by two Erotes. 4th century BCE. Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Polychromatic terracotta figure of Aphrodite with Eros. 275-225 BC. Taranto, Italy. Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
Sculptural vase of the birth of Aphrodite. Greek civilisation, 4th century BC. Paestum, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Archaeological Museum. Getty Images.
Terracotta figure of Aphrodite in a shell. Mid to late 4th century BC. Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich.
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