Throughout Greek antiquity, Aphrodite was worshiped as the goddess of love and beauty, pleasure and fertility. Sculptors immortalized her beguiling sensuality in marble statues found on Mount Olympus.

For those who think that ancient Greece was all philosophy and marathons, a scintillating exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston proves otherwise. Just in time for Valentine's Day, Aphrodite and ...

At the heart of Greek mythology stands Olympus — and the twelve Olympian Gods who ruled it. Zeus, Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Apollo, Artemis, and the rest were not distant creators, but active, flawed, ...

“Aphrodite and the Gods of Love,” the first special exhibition focused on the art and culture of ancient Greece at the San Antonio Museum of Art, opens Saturday. The show features 125 objects and ...

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During archaeological excavations conducted in the ancient city of Aspendos in the Serik region of Antalya, statues of Zeus and Aphrodite dating back to the Roman era and more than 2000 years old were ...