As (Cnidos or Cnidus) on the verge of stepping forward, with her drapery over a water pot, one of many copies and versions, A work of Praxiteles, probably the first completely nude Aphrodite sculpture. Praxiteles was famous for producing a smooth silky skin. The statue was probably transported to Byzantium where it was destroyed like many other pieces of Greek Art. Zonaras, early twelfth century, repeats Cedrenus, saying that "the fire also destroyed the beautiful palace of Lausus and the statues therein, the Hera of Samos, the Athena of Lindos, and the Aphrodite of Cnidos, famous masterpieces of art." Here a fire is described around 475 AD.