Callipygos

"Of the beautiful buttocks." A surname of Aphrodite, of which the origin is related by Athenaeus.1

We still possess some representations of Aphrodite Callipygos, which are distinguished for their great softness, luxuriancy, and roundness of form.2 She had a temple at Syracuse.

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References

Notes

  1. Deipnosophists xii, p. 554; comp. Alciphron, i, 39.
  2. Hirt, A. (1805). Bilderbuch für Mythologie. Berlin, p. 1:59.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.