This sculpture is a copy of the Callipygian Venus, formerly in the Farnese Collection now in the Museo Nazionale in Naples. The name refers to a story told by the late 2nd or early 3rd Century author Athenaeus. Two daughters of a peasant settled a dispute about who had the more shapely buttocks by inviting an unknown passer-by to judge. His choice was his reward and his brother, hearing of the contest, preferred and thus won the other girl. In gratitude the sisters dedicated a temple to Venus Callipygos at Syracuse