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"Ipsa Venus pubem, quotiens velamina ponit, Protegitur laeva semireducta manu."

— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

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Venus herself never putteth off her veil, but with modest hand she covereth her charms. — Book II, lines 613–614 (tr. J. Lewis May) — The of has this attitude, except that it is the right hand; it became a recognised type, as in the Venus de Medicis; cf. also Apuleius, Metamorphoses, 2. 17, 10. 31. — Variant translation: "Venus herself, as oft as she lays aside her robes, half stooping covers with her left hand her secret parts." (J. H. Mozley)

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Venus herself never putteth off her veil, but with modest hand she covereth her charms. — Book II, lines 613–614 (tr. J. Lewis May) — The of has this attitude, except that it is the right hand; it became a recognised type, as in the Venus de Medicis; cf. also Apuleius, Metamorphoses, 2. 17, 10. 31. — Variant translation: "Venus herself, as oft as she lays aside her robes, half stooping covers with her left hand her secret parts." (J. H. Mozley)