In the National Museum at Rome.
which is still preserved in the Louvre, the dress seems to be of slightly heavier texture and the posture more simple and dignified. In her left hand the goddess holds a pomegranate and is lifting with
APHRODITE OF ALCAMENES, KNOWN AS VENUS GENETRIX.
her right hand a corner of her drapery above her right shoulder.
HEAD OF THE CNIDIAN VENUS.
It was in the days of the highest development of
