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Byzantine Blog: Transition to Christianity, Onassis Cultural Center, New York City.

“A magnificent head of Aphrodite, dating to first century Athens, bears the marks of Christian vandalism. The eyes and lips have been chipped to ‘blind’ and ‘silence’ the deity. A cross was then inscribed on the forehead of Aphrodite. Once part of a full length statue, the decapitated head may have served as a trophy for the victory of Christianity over the dethroned gods and goddesses of Olympus.”

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