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The Smell of Gods: Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Once Not Only Painted But Also PerfumedIn Sicily, for instance, a statue of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, was ritually treated with perfumed oils. On the Greek ...
Other excavations of the site also uncovered pieces from statues of Aphrodite, Eros, Artemis, and Nemesis. Recently, the “Heritage for the Future” project uncovered a king’s mosaic house in ...
For instance, the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero refers to the custom of anointing the statue of Artemis in the ancient city of Segesta with perfumes. In the sanctuary of Delos, inscribed ...
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek researcher Cecilie Brøns examined passages in classical literature that reference the perfuming of some sculptures, such as Cicero’s mention of the statue of Artemis at ...
Statue fragments of other deities including Eros, Aphrodite, Artemis and Nemesis have also been discovered at the site. According to a statement from Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism ...
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