It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A cultural history of the goddess of love, from a New York Times bestselling and award-winning historian. Aphrodite was said to have been born from the sea, rising out of a froth of white foam. But long before the Ancient Greeks conceived of this voluptuous blonde, she existed as an early spirit of fertility on the shores of Cyprus -- and thousands of years before that, as a ferocious warrior-goddess in the Middle East. Proving that this fabled figure is so much more than an avatar of commercialized romance, historian Bettany Hughes reveals the remarkable lifestory of one of antiquity's most...
Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.
This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Venus and Aphrodite aloud.
Venus and Aphrodite is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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