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Mythology References in Modern Music

By: Treasurer Abby Almaguer

Alrighty Aphrodite By Peach Pit

“Take a seat in your clam shell, the ocean’s not enough nor am I”

“Run your morning bath in the sea foam”

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When Aphrodite was born, she emerged from the sea onto a bed of sea foam next to the island Cyprus. Aphrodite is most known today by the Sandro Botticelli painting of her Roman counterpart, Venus. In this painting, the goddess stands on a clamshell, likely inspiring the lyric above.

Aphrodite