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Aphrodite (/ ˌ æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t iː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. Aphrodite's major symbols include seashells, myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and ...
- Aphrodite Urania
Aphrodite Urania ( Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία,...
- Church of Aphrodite
The Church of Aphrodite was a religious group founded in...
- VENUS
Venus (/ ˈ v iː n ə s /) is a Roman goddess, whose functions...
- Astarte
The worship of ʿAštārt is widely attested in ancient Cyprus,...
- Pothos
Anteros, popularly called Eros, by Alfred Gilbert, 1885;...
- Procreation
Asexual reproduction is a process by which organisms create...
- Harmonia
Other traditions stated that Harmonia received this necklace...
- Himeros
Himeros (desire) and Philotes (affection) were bestowed upon...
- Hippolytus
Hippolytus (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόλυτος, Hippolytos) is an...
- Dione
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Dione (/ d aɪ...
- Aphrodite Urania
Apr 15, 2024 · Aphrodite, ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. The Greek word aphros means ‘foam,’ and Hesiod relates in his Theogony that Aphrodite was born from the white foam produced by the severed genitals of Uranus after his son Cronus threw them into the sea.
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Aphrodite (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē) is the Ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty. She was also the goddess of procreation. Aphrodite is one of the Twelve Olympians. The most beautiful and refined of the goddesses, Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, god of fire and metalworking.
- Aphrodite's Birth from Uranus
- Hephaistos & Ares
- Who Are Aphrodite's Children?
- Aphrodite & The Trojan War
- Aphrodite Falls in Love with Adonis
- How Is Aphrodite Represented in Art?
In mythology, the goddess was born when Cronos castrated his father Uranus (Ouranos) with a sickle and cast the genitalia into the sea from where Aphrodite appeared amidst the resulting foam (aphros). In other versions, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the Titaness. Hesiod recounts the first version and Homer the second, and the Greeks were t...
Compelled by Hera to marry the not-so-great catch of Hephaistos, the lame god of fire and crafts, Aphrodite was less than faithful, having notorious affairs with the gods Ares, Hermes, and Dionysos. The fling with Ares was perhaps the most shocking of the many episodes of infidelity that occurred amongst the Olympian Gods. Hephaistos, a fiendishly ...
Aphrodite was considered the mother of Eros, Harmonia (with Ares), the Trojan hero Aeneas (with Anchises), Eryx the king of Sicily (with Butes the Argonaut) and, with either Dionysos or Adonis, Priapus (a gardener with huge genitals). The goddess had a large retinue of lesser deities such as Hebe (goddess of youth), the Hours, Dike, Eirene, Themis,...
In mythology, Aphrodite is cited as partly responsible for the Trojan War. At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Eris (goddess of strife) offered a golden apple for the most beautiful goddess. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite vied for the honour, and Zeus appointed the Trojan prince Paris as judge. To influence his decision, Athena promised him strength ...
One of the goddess' most famous flings was with the beautiful Adonis. Aphrodite kept the youth safely in a chest guarded by Persephone, but the latter fell in love with him too and would not give him back to the goddess of love. Zeus was obliged to intervene, and he ruled that Adonis should spend four months of the year with each lady (and fourth m...
The birth of Aphrodite from the sea (perhaps most famously depicted on the throne base of the great statue of Zeus at Olympia) and the judgment of Paris were popular subjects in ancient Greek art. The goddess is often identified with one or more of the following: a mirror, an apple, a myrtle wreath, a sacred bird or dove, a sceptre, and a flower. O...
- Mark Cartwright
Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη) was the Goddess of love, lust, passion, desire, beauty, sex, pleasure and procreation. And just as beautiful, she is smart as wise. In most myths she was born from the foam in the waters of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus after Uranus's genitals were cast into the sea...
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Aphrodite (Greek: Αφροδίτη, transl.: Aphrodítē) is the goddess of love, beauty and sexuality in ancient Greek religion. Responsible for the perpetuation of life, pleasure and joy. Historically, her cult in Ancient Greece was imported from Asia, influenced by the cult of Astarte, in Phoenicia, and her cognate, the godde
Aphrodite Urania ( Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, romanized : Aphrodítē Ouranía, Latinized as Venus Urania) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, signifying a "heavenly" or "spiritual" aspect descended from the sky-god Ouranos to distinguish her from the more earthly epithet of Aphrodite Pandemos, "Aphrodite for ...
