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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cnidian Venus

(The) The exquisite statue of Venus or Aphroditê by Praxitelês, placed in the temple of Venus, at Cnidus.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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