Produced by Turgut Dincer, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: THE VENUS OF MILO] THE VENUS OF MILO AN ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE GODDESS OF WOMANHOOD BY PAUL CARUS ILLUSTRATED αἰδοίν χρυσοστέφανον καλὴν Άφροδἰτην ᾄσουαι--HOMERIC HYMN. CHICAGO LONDON THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY 1916 COPYRIGHT BY THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY 1916 CONTENTS. PAGE List of Illustrations v The Discovery of a Rare Art Treasure 1 Dumont d’Urville’s Report 5 Viscount Marcellus on his “Souvenirs” 11 Debay’s Drawing 15 Description of the Statue 22 Restorations 27 Recent Theories 42 What the Facts Reveal 51 The Meaning of “Aphrodite” 62 The Cult of Aphrodite 68 The Goddess of War 77 The Descent into Hades 83 The Magna Dea of the Nations 96 The Origin of Woman 121 Aphrodite in Art 145 Classical Hymns 171 Index 179 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE The Venus of Milo (Frontispiece). The Field of Yorgos Bottonis 2 The Site of Melos from the Port 6 Fragments Found at Melos 12 Debay’s Drawing of Venus 16 Head of the Venus of Milo 18 The Head of Tralles 19 The Venus of Milo 23