TR pt 1 ch 5 Phryne

[Edward A Moore]

TR p185

-That's Phryne. Anselm watched the lack of response on Otto's face. --
Phryne. Don't you know Phryne, for Christ sake? I thought I just heard
you talking about Praxiteles.

--Well yes I was but, I mean when Cicero says that Praxiteles, that all
Praxiteles has to do is remove the excess marble, to reach the real
form that was there all the time underneath, I mean inside . . .

--And he reached Phryne. Haven't you ever seen it?

--Seen what.

--Praxiteles' statue of Phryne. Who the hell do you think was hiding
inside his block of stone but a high-class whore. They've got it in
the Vatican with the rest of the high-class whores. I just wanted to
be Eve before the Fall, Anselm mimicked in a whimper, --for Christ
sake.





http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/lectures/sculpting_aphrodite_lecture.html

"The most famous statue ever created of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess
of love, was carved in the 4th Century B.C. by the renowned Athenian
sculptor Praxiteles, who is credited as the first artist to fashion a
monumental image of Aphrodite nude. The model was alleged to be the
sculptor's mistress, the notorious courtesan Phryne. While the
original marble statue erected at the port city of Knidos no longer
exists, it is known today through ancient descriptions, anecdotes, and
numerous copies in diverse media."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phryne

"Her real name was Mnesarete (Μνησαρέτη "commemorating virtue", but
owing to her yellowish complexion she was called Phryne "Toad"."

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