CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE DISCOVERY OF A RARE ART TREASURE.
DUMONT D'URVILLE'S REPORT.
VISCOUNT MARCELLUS ON HIS "SOUVENIRS."
DEBAY'S DRAWING.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE STATUE.
RESTORATIONS.
RECENT THEORIES.
WHAT THE FACTS REVEAL.
THE MEANING OF "APHRODITE."
THE CULT OF APHRODITE.
THE GODDESS OF WAR.
THE DESCENT INTO HADES.
THE MAGNA DEA OF THE NATIONS.
THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN.
APHRODITE IN ART.
CLASSICAL HYMNS.
INDEX.
Contents. Index.: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z
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THE VENUS OF MILO
AN ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE GODDESS OF WOMANHOOD BY PAUL CARUS ILLUSTRATED αἰδοίν χρυσοστέφανον καλὴν Άφροδἰτην ᾄσουαι—Homeric Hymn. CHICAGO LONDON THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY 1916 COPYRIGHT BY THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY 1916