Aphrodite is depicted in many sculptures. During the year 350, a full-body, naked, beautiful statue of Aphrodite was created for the first time by Praxiteles. The statue was very sexualised, to show Aphrodite’s ability to provoke sexual desire and to show her beauty(2). Venus de Milo is an ancient sculpture, discovered in 1820 on an island. The woman represented by the statue is beautiful, half naked, but sadly the statue is broken and missing pieces. Although no one knows for sure who Venus de Milo is supposed to represent, many assume Aphrodite was the inspiration because she is half naked, and could be sexualized. (The statue was named after the assumption was made, Venus is the Roman name for Aphrodite.) The sculptor is long gone, so the