Title: Venus de Milo, the spinner; the link between a famous art mystery and ancient fertility symbols.
Authors: Suhr, Elmer G., 1902-1976; Carpenter, Rhys, 1889-1980
Publisher: Exposition Press
Year: 1958
Subjects: Venus de Milo; Sex Religious aspects
Contents: The elixir of life -- The whirling vortex and the divine pneuma -- The shadow of the moon -- The cone--symbol of fortune -- The spindle goddess -- The spiral--symbol of creation -- The arms of Aphrodite -- Herakles, the burly spinner -- Aphrodite, the cosmic creator -- The role of eros -- Aphrodite--Arachne and her web -- An eternalized moment in sculpture.