Literally, "Aphrodite of the beautiful bottom"; a Roman copy of a Greek original statue from around 300 B.C., now in the Naples museum.
One wonders what a statue like this was for. Was it supposed to be worshipped, in any sense that we can understand the term? Nowadays we would view it as simply an overlap between soft-core pornography and high art. It is aften said that the early Christians were the first people to link sex with feelings of guilt: an outlook that did not exist in the ancient world. Is this correct? One can understand why Christian preachers would particularly detest a statue like this - and also fear the impact it would have on viewers
