as beautiful as Aphrodite

'Hippomenes had come, a stranger, to the cruel race, with condemnation in his heart against the racing young men for their headstrong love; and said, 'Why seek a wife at such a risk?' But when he saw her face, and perfect form disrobed for perfect running, such a form as mine, Adonis, or as yours — if you were woman — he was so astonished he raised up his hands and said, 'Oh pardon me brave men whom I was blaming, I could not then realize the value of the prize you strove for.'

Author: Ovid
Source: Metamorphoses