Venus de Milo

[ vee-nuhs duh-mahy-loh, mee- ]

noun

1. a Greek statue of Venus in marble, from about 200 b.c., found in 1820 on Melos and now in the Louvre, Paris.

Venus de Milo

1. An ancient Greek statue of Venus , famous for its beauty, though its arms were broken off centuries ago. The statue is now in the Louvre .

Example Sentences

There is Djimon Hounsou with an octopus on his head, and Cindy Crawford emerging like Venus de Milo from the waves.

From The Daily Beast

Some original friend has even sent us a life-size, marble reproduction of the Venus de Milo.

From Project Gutenberg

The fashionable figure is not that of the Venus de Milo, but what would you?

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She makes me think of the Venus de Milo; there's such a largeness and calmness and smoothness of surface about her.

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The Venus de Milo, that even mutilation cannot mar, tends only to the elevation of our race.

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The Venus de Milo is the impersonation of beauty, in ruin—the sublimest fragment of the ancient world.

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