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Venus Kallipygos
The Callipygian Venus or Venus Kallipygos, (In Greek, Aphrodite Kallipygos: "Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks"), is a type of nude female statue of the Hellenistic era. It depicts a partially-draped womanConventionally presumed to be Venus, though it may equally be a portrait of a mortal woman, such as a hetaira, or an image of the goddess modelled on one such.
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