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A strophium (or strophion) was a band of cloth worn around the chest in the Ancient Greek and Roman worlds to support or shape the breasts.
- Bronze Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Private Collection.
- Bronze Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Private Collection.
- Terracotta Figurine of Aphrodite, Hellenistic, 1st Century BC. Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.
- Statue of Venus, Roman, 2nd Century AD. Roman Museum, Merida, Spain.
- Statue of Aphrodite, Hellenistic, 3rd-2nd century BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Bronze Statue, Roman (?). Museum Burg Linn, Krefeld, Germany.
- Terracotta Lamp Depicting Cupids Helping Venus Tie Her Strophium, Roman.
- Mosaic of Women’s Athletics, Roman, 4th Century AD. Villa del Casale.
- Erotic Fresco, Roman, 1st Century AD. Suburban Baths, Pompeii.
- Erotic Fresco, Roman, 1st Century AD. The House of the Centenary, Pompeii.
