APHRODITE SOSANDRA BY KALAMIS.
From Roscher, Lex., I, col. 412.
Aphrodite unveiling her face to Ares. She holds a pitcher in her right hand and is pouring its contents into a vessel in his hands. It is also to be noted that the action takes place above an empty altar. The child behind her in this connection can only represent her son Eros.
In the National Museum at Rome there is an Attic sculpture of the fifth century which is somewhat bolder in showing the outlines of the figure. This Aphrodite is clad in a very diaphanous garment, the left breast being quite uncovered.
APHRODITE AND ARES.
Votive relief from Monuments grecs, Pl. I.
In the beautiful statue by Alcamenes, a copy of
ATTIC SCULPTURE OF THE FIFTH CENTURY B. C.