Venus Callipyge

Aphrodite or Venus Kallipygos Kallipygos (Greek: with nice butt or Prachthintrige ) is an epithet of Aphrodite or Venus, which is used for statues that represent them looking backwards.

Pursuant to paragraph twelve of the Deipnosophistai of Athenaeus, the name goes back to the story of two Sicilian girl from Syracuse. They were arguing which of them have the nicer butt. A passing young man was asked to judge as a referee about it. He opted for the Older and married with her, his brother married the younger of the two sisters. The girls, who were made ​​rich by the marriages, then built a temple dedicated to Aphrodite in Syracuse. The set up there statue looked over her shoulder and tried to see her butt. :

A well-known statue of this kind can be seen in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.