For much of the world, the mystery of the Venus de Milo lies in its missing arms. But there’s much more to this iconic statue than a couple of absent appendages. 1. The nameVenus de Milo is a ...

Thought to be a copy of Praxiteles’s Aphrodite of Thespiae, the statue, which was also missing a limb prior to its restoration, assumes the position previously occupied by the Venus de Milo.