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See also:ANADYOMENE ('AvaSvoj v ) , an epithet of See also:Aphrodite (See also:Venus), expressive of her having sprung from the foam of the See also:sea . In a famous picture by See also:Apelles she was represented under this See also:title as if just emerged from the sea and in the See also:act of wringing her tresses . This See also:painting was executed for the See also:temple of Asclepius at See also:Cos, from which it was taken to See also:Rome by See also:Augustus in See also:part See also:payment of See also:tribute, and set up in the temple of See also:Caesar . In the See also:time of See also:Nero, owing to its dilapidated See also:condition, it was replaced by a copy made by the painter See also:Dorotheus (See also:Pliny, Nat . Hist. See also:xxxv . 36) . There are several epigrams on it in the See also:Greek See also:anthology . |
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