[LCC] Question about an engraving
Terrence Lockyer
lockyert at mweb.co.za
Wed Jul 14 03:40:34 PDT 2010
Can anyone identify the source / artist of, or provide any more information
about, the engraving of a girl dressed in a modern depiction of a Greek
huntress' costume embracing another in more conventionally feminine dress
shown at
http://www.bilerico.com/gloria/bilcythere.jpg
The only context I have is the post at
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/06/beautiful_cytherea_classic_lesbian_art.php
where the engraving is described as "Victorian" (but in period or locale?)
and the title, or name of one of the figures, given as "Cythere", French for
Greek Kythereia, an epithet of Aphrodite (whom the Romans identified with
Venus). As I'm not aware of Aphrodite generally being associated with the
garb of a huntress (as opposed to Artemis especially), I'm assuming that if
one of the figures is she, it must be the non-huntress.
Terrence Lockyer
Johannesburg, South Africa
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