The sculptural group was discovered in 1904 on the Poseidon Compound (also the home of the Poseidon Berittos, founded before 152 BC) on the island of Delos. Currently, this work of art is in one of the premises of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (accession number 3335 in room number 30). Mounted on a gray marble plinth and surrounded by a glass railing.
The right hand of the goddess and the upper part of the head, as well as the legs and left hand of Eros, were found broken off and later attached to the sculpture. Eros' right hand is missing. The pan's right leg and horns also had to be fastened in their place. Three fingers of the left hand, as well as the middle finger of Aphrodite's right hand, were lost and replaced with plaster ones.
The main element of the sculpture is a 155-cm statue of the naked Greek goddess Aphrodite on a solid base. Presumably to take a bath, she removed her sandals (one of them in her right hand), and also covered her hair on her head, turned to the left. The woman leans on her right leg, the left leg is free and slightly bent. Next to the goddess of love is the god of nature Pan in the traditional form of a goat with two long pointed horns. Above the left shoulder of Aphrodite, her inseparable companion and assistant, the son of Eros, hovers. The support for Pan is a tree, which also performs the function of stability for the entire sculptural group. Pan's muscular body and bulging veins illustrate his animal nature; he is probably trying to seduce Aphrodite, which she opposes. The smiling goddess does not show any signs of fear, but threateningly raised her bent right hand with a sandal, as if threatening Pan. Winged Eros tries to repel the seducer. The sculpture contrasts the heroic nakedness represented by the goddess with the wild animal nakedness that Pan embodies.
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