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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > gods ~ classical mythology > the great goddesses of Heaven, and their train > (story of) Venus (Aphrodite) > early life, prime youth of Venus > birth of Venus; Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair; usually she is awaited by the Hours

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92C411birth of Venus; Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair; usually she is awaited by the Hours  

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  • Anadyomene (Venus)
  • ancient history
  • birth
  • castration
  • child
  • classical antiquity
  • emerging
  • goddess
  • gods
  • hair
  • heaven
  • history
  • Hours (Horae)
  • mythology
  • sea
  • Venus
  • Venus Anadyomene
  • wringing
  • youth

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  • 92C411

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