Aphrodite of Cnidus was created by Praxiteles in the Late Classical Period (the mid 4th century BCE). She depicts the goddess Aphrodite preparing for a bath that was to restore her virginity. This was the first nude female sculpture to appear in Ancient Greece. Its unveiling shocked and horrified the Greeks, in a time and place where women were expected to be modest. Copies of this beautiful sculpture have survived and are still around today.
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