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"Arles [where the Yellow House was] was itself an ancient place, a Greek town, Theline, before it was the Roman Arlate. In addition to its architectural relics, it had produced one famous sculpture - the Venus of Arles...Second in fame only to the Venus de Milo, [it] created a lasting association between Arles and the goddess of love. Consequently, the living women of Arles came to be seen as younger sister of Venus, possessing a stately Grecian beauty and a powerful potentially dangerous, attraction."