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Terracotta statuette of Aphrodite putting on her strophion. She wears a headband and large round earrings and also a strap or thigh band at the left thigh. Some traces of paint are left on this statuette. The statuette is described as a late Hellenistic-early Roman work, found in the House of Orpheus, in Paphos.

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Terracotta statuette of Aphrodite putting on her strophion. She wears a headband and large round earrings and also a strap or thigh band at the left thigh. Some traces of paint are left on this statuette. The statuette is described as a late Hellenistic-early Roman work, found in the House of Orpheus, in Paphos.
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Erotic Mythology (hire me) 🌹 (aimeemaroux@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 07:21:38 JST Erotic Mythology (hire me) 🌹

On #NationalUnderwearDay I want to talk about the ancestor of the bra: the strophion!
In #GreekRomanArt the goddess #Aphrodite can sometimes be seen putting it on or taking it off but mortal women are depicted wearing it too.
It is uncertain what the Greek strophion looked like but the Roman adaptation, the strophium, was a breast band, a strip of cloth wrapped around the upper torso.
It was a normal but optional piece of feminine clothing.
@antiquidons @histodons #herstory #ancientRome

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