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Chronological Table
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c. 360 BC: Praxiteles makes a statue of Aphrodite bought by the Cnidians and set up at Cnidus, inside a small temple. The tradition of celebrating the statue with epigrams begins with a couple of epigrams attributed to Plato. Trips to Cnidus to see the statue begin very soon
c. 300 BC: The first lovers of the Aphrodite of Cnidus are known: Macareus from Perinthos and perhaps a certain Arist...
early 3rd c. BC: a man ravishes the statue, leaving a stain on the goddess’ thigh and, after this act, commits suicide
c. 260 BC: Nikomedes I, king of Bithynia, offers to pay the Cnidian deficit in exchange for Praxiteles’ masterpiece. The Cnidians turn down the offer
early 2nd c. BC: the Late Classical round temple hosting the statue is replaced by a more magnificent one
70 BC: the admiration of the Aphrodite of Cnidus begins to be rooted into the Roman culture, as it is argued by Cicero’s enthusiastic reference to the statue
c. 90 AD: Apollonius from Tyana puts an end to the phenomenon of the lovers of the Aphrodite of Cnidus
c. 393-394 AD: The statue is removed from Cnidus and transferred to Constantinople, were it is exhibited in the museum of the Lauseion
476 AD: The statue is destroyed by fire
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