ANADYOMENE, a common Greek epithet of Aphro dite (Venus), expressive of her having sprung from the foam of the sea (from the Greek anaduoniene, "rising"). In a famous picture by Apelles she was represented as having just emerged from the sea and in the act of wringing her tresses. This painting was executed for the temple of Asclepios at Cos, from which it was taken to Rome by Augustus in part payment of tribute, and set up in the temple of Caesar. In the time of Nero, owing to its dilapidated condition, it was replaced by a copy made by the painter Dorotheus.