A review by suchacoolperson
Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes

4.0

i loved this book, the topic generally but especially aphrodite interest me largely and this book was comprehensive, accurate, and at every point interesting. i thoroughly appreciated the focus on early worship of goddesses of love and the evolution to a recognised and unified aphrodite. throughout the book it is abundantly clear that bettany hughes is a knowledgable and careful classicist, as well as a skilled author.

however, there was a lot i wish the book would have also covered- and a lot of depth i feel is missing. despite this, as a short biography (or i suppose collection of essays) this is a stunning piece