Aphrodite Hypolympidia

Aphrodite Hypolympidia (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Ὑπολυμπιδία, romanized: Aphrodítē Hupolumpidía, lit.

[2] According to an inscription, the statue was commissioned by a freedwoman named Anthestia Iucunda in honor of Aphrodite and the Romans who settled in Dion.

[1] That took place around the early phases of Isis's temple's construction, however it is not clear whether a cult of Aphrodite Hypolympidia existed before the Imperial period, and the goddess is not known elsewhere in Dion or Macedonia.

[2] Aphrodite is wearing a chiton and standing on a rock, next to a tree trunk (the marble sculpture's support), her head slightly inclined downward.

[3] She wears a transparent chiton, while the himation wrapped around her torso and wrist falls loosely over the right leg.