Aphrodite,known as theVenus de Milo, c.100 BCE, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. Photo byJastrowvia Wikimedia Commons (public domain). It’s popularly believed that this statue depicts the Greek goddess of love
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Created by the Greek sculptor Praxiteles in the 4th century BCE, this sculpture depicts the goddessAphrodite, the embodiment of beauty and love. It is considered one of the first significant depictions of a fully nude female form in Western art. While the original is lost, several Roman copies...
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5. Aphrodite Popular in Greek mythology as the most beautiful deity whose angelic appearance could charm even the hardest of hearts, she possessed the title of goddess of beauty, love, and desire. Besides her astounding beauty, she also had the power to ignite love and desire among gods, mor...
AREIA (Areia), the warlike. A surname of Athena, under which she was worshipped at Athens. Her statue, together with those of Ares, Aphrodite, and Enyo, stood in the temple of Ares at Athens. (Paus. i. 8. § 4.) Her worship under this name was instituted by Orestes after he had...
But pagan hymns, especially when addressed to such deities as Aphrodite, Eros and Dionysus, are not so very unlike what we call "Anacreontic" poetry as to make the contrast of style as great as the word might seem to imply. The tone of Anacreon's lyric effusions has probably led to ...
Many modern words, such as aphrodisiac, are derived from Aphrodite’s name, which itself comes from the Greek word for foam: “aphros.” Both heads reflect similar stylistic qualities to the Hermes statue, and to other pieces of the time. ...
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The main gods and goddesses were Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hestia, Demeter, Hermes, Aphrodite, Ares, and Hephaestus. Athens was named after the goddess Athena who is the goddess of war, arts, crafts, and wisdom. During this time goddesses were dominant so Greek woman ...