I Prefer Venus to a Penis

Start looking for what we might think of today as “African” features on these Greek Urns when you see them. There’s a famous depiction of Achilles and Menelaus I believe where both are Black. Now, Menelaus is described as both ‘Æthiop’ (Black) AND Spartan!

Apollo might be handsome,
But me? I prefer Aphrodite.
You effort 12 short hours.
But it takes 1.6 years.
God is not external.
It’s She who makes me mighty.
She is my source of power.
She is my balladeer.

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