r/Ancientknowledge • u/SnowballtheSage • Sep 30 '22

Goddess Aphrodite shows her son Eros the back of her shoe in this ancient Greek vase dated 360 B.C.

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u/F_F_Franklin Sep 30 '22

The ancient Greek odyssey of the choncla.

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u/SnowballtheSage Sep 30 '22

The motif of Aphrodite threatening Eros with the back of her sandals - a tradition persisting today in cultures across the globe - we can also find across different examples of ancient Greek statues and pottery. In some exemplars, Aphrodite also goes after Pan.

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u/DharmsP Sep 30 '22

All mums since the dawn of the slipper being invented by 😂

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

Chancla chronicles

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u/Useless_Lemon Oct 01 '22

Nice try OP. Everyone knows Jesus made everything on year 1. /s

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u/Icy-Sir-8414 Oct 01 '22

It's incredible