30-day challenge #12: Venus de Milo The famous Venus de Milo was discovered in 1820 in Milos and one year later was donated to the Louvre. It is comprised of several parts sculpted separately and the arms were never found. There are different beliefs of which goddess she represents. If she held a bow, she was Artemis, if she held an amphora, she was a Danaid. Popularly she is thought of Aphrodite. However she might be as well the goddess Amphitrite, venerated in the old Milos.