"Hellenistic panic at the museum" : For the ancient Greeks, portraits of actual people were clothed (representations of gods and goddesses were much less clothed). The statues were originally painted to make them more life-like.
Copy of an original ... c. 100 BC, Delos, National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece
Donald Kuspit, There is no artist who has ever done anything entirely original, contemporary art is all built on what came before.
Aphrodite was a sort of movie celebrity, a living myth among the greek goddesses.
Art is quick route to perfection and Platonic truth.
Why do we like the Greek nymphs and satyrs so much ? A work of art that raises no questions is not a work of art.