Is that what I think it is?

It's funny. In art, replicas are never admired.
Except in this case.

The Vatican Museum is stock full of replicas..... Roman sculptures of Greek mythological characters. These replicas are 2000 years old.

Some of the characters I recognized from my mythological studies (way back in the day). Others aren't so common.

Like this one. This is the Goddess of Fertility. I'm not quite sure Mae found her all that impressive. Yes, those are breasts.

I thought it a bit funny that, in a religious museum there are so many statues of gods and goddesses. We were told it is because mythology is often looked at as metaphorical for the complexities of humanity.

Sort of makes sense.