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Venus de Milo
(Venus de Milo)
Pronunciation:
/də ˈmʌɪləʊ, ˈmiːləʊ/
a classical sculpture of Aphrodite dated to
circa
100
bc
. It was discovered on the Greek island of Melos in 1820 and is now in the Louvre in Paris.
Origin:
French, 'Venus of Melos'
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