Art exhibition dedicated to Eros opens in Athens
14 December 2009
An exhibition of works of art dedicated to Eros, the ancient Greek god of love, has opened in Athens.
The ground-breaking exhibition, which is now on at the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art, in the heart of the Greek capital, has brought together dozens of priceless pieces from across 12 centuries.
The exhibits include 50 works of art specially loaned to the museum, including several from the Louvre in Paris and the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
Though the form of the works range significantly, with marble statues, ceramic vases and paintings all on display to visitors, all of the works are in some way linked to Eros and, as such, the museum has advised that some part of its celebrated exhibition may not be suitable for unescorted youngsters.
The 'Eros: From Hesiod's Theogony to late Antiquity' museum will be on at the Athens museum until the end of April 2010.
Athens is also home to two of Europe's most important museums, namely the National Archaeological Museum and the Byzantine and Christian Museum, with the latter widely-acknowledged as boasting one of the world's finest collections of ancient and Ottoman Greek art.
Source: Opodo
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