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Lisieux: Figurine of Venus Anadyomenes
Lisieux: Figurine of Venus Anadyomenes (Caen Mus.Normandie; photo Athena Review 2013)
This terracotta figurine representing Venus Anadyomenes was found in Lisieux, and dates from the 1st to 3rd century AD. According to myth, Venus was born in the sea. Such figurines as this show Venus rising from the sea (anadyomenes, in Greek). The figurine is mold-made, and came from one of numerous figurine workshops (ateliers) in northern Gaul (France).
Lisieux, located about 25 miles (40 km) east of Caen, was occupied from the 1st century AD onward by
Roman settlements, with at least two necropoli from different time frames.
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