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Ads by Google      Aphrodite - encyclopedia article about Aphrodite. Hephaestus, of course, is one of the most even-tempered of the Hellenic deities; Aphrodite seems to prefer Ares, the volatile god of war. Aphrodite was jealous of the beauty of a mortal woman named Psyche. Aphrodite's chief center of worship remained at Paphos, on the south-western coast of Cyprus, where the goddess of desire had long been worshipped as Ishtar and Ashtaroth. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Aphrodite   (4117 words)      Aphrodite, Greek Mythology Link. But Aphrodite could be harsh toward those who defied her: Theseus, king of Athens and Troezen, had a son by an Amazon, Hippolytus 4, who would not worship Aphrodite, and thus aroused the goddess wrath against himself. Aphrodite would often help young people in love: Atalanta, a virgin huntress who remained always under arms, used to force her wooers to race before her and if she caught them she would put them to death, but if anybody would survive she would marry him. It was Aphrodite who succeeded in bribing Paris promising him the hand of Helen, who was married to Menelaus, king of Sparta. http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Aphrodite.html   (2820 words)      Aphrodite According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus. In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. Her priestesses were not prostitutes but women who represented the goddess and sexual intercourse with them was considered just one of the methods of worship. http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aphrodite.html   (334 words)      Aphrodite Aphrodite was one of the most unique of the Greek deities in the freedom of her sexual life. Aphrodite's charms came from her magic cestus, an embroidered girdle that, in both gods and men, aroused passion for the wearer. As Aphrodite was born from the act that separated Heaven and Earth and created the world in between, she is present from the very beginning of time. http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/papers/lombardiaphrodite/aphrodite.html   (1903 words)      Aphrodite On another occasion Aphrodite developed a great passion for Anchises, a Trojan prince who watched his herds on Mount Ida. She wished him to fall in love with her, and going to him she claimed to be the daughter of the king of Phrygia, who had been abducted and left on the mountainside by Hermes. Because Aphrodite was the goddess of the act of love she was portrayed, according to the custom of that time, as a naked or a draped figure, holding in her hand a dove, her favorite bird. Aphrodite collected special epithets too, such as Kallipygos, "she of the beautiful buttocks"; Morpho, "the shapely"; and Ambolodera, "she postpones old age." At Corinth there were even temple prostitutes. http://www.themystica.com/mythical-folk/articles/aphrodite.html   (952 words)      Aphrodite Aphrodite could not be contained in a single relationship, though, and spread her favors liberally among divine and mortal males. Ares and Aphrodite were the laughingstock of heaven then, naked and damp, their limbs entangled in each other's and in the golden web that held them. It is also allegorical: the sky impregnates the great sea womb with dynamic life, a story that the Greeks reiterated in the alternate version of Aphrodite's birth by the sea sprite Dione and the sky god Zeus. http://www.hranajanto.com/goddessgallery/aphrodite.html   (722 words)      Aphrodite Aphrodite's role as an Erinys, like her role as Comaetho, confirms her intimate relation to the soul, a role which is crucial to understanding the ultimate significance of the terrible goddess, for it is as a departing "soul" that the goddess assumes her terrible aspect while threatening the world with destruction. In ancient Greece, especially in Sparta, Aphrodite was worshipped as a warrior, as attested by the epithet Areia. Consider, for example, Aphrodite's important role as a lamenting goddess, most obvious in the traditions surrounding Adonis, a god whose rituals featured ceremonial wailing and the singing of dirges. http://www.aeonjournal.com/articles/aphrodite/aphrodite.html   (8668 words)      Aphrodite Aphrodite's partner in crime was her darling son Eros (Love, Cupid), a very wicked and mischievous boy some say, lacking all manners. Speaking of which, Aphrodite asked me to make it clear that her priestesses were not prostitutes but women who represented the goddess, and sexual intercourse with them was considered just one of the methods of worship. Aphrodite's entourage included my second favorite cousins, the Charites, or Graces, who were the personifications of charm and beauty in nature and in human life. http://www.thanasis.com/mfeb99.htm   (3782 words)      Aphrodite * The Immortals * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant 02.820...Aineias (Aeneas), son of Aphrodite and Ankhises (Anchises), a mortal After being freed, Aphrodite went to her sacred precinct on the island of Kypros where she was bathed by the Graces and Ares went Thraceward. to avoid all the gods except Aphrodite, “her at least you may stab”. http://www.messagenet.com/myths/bios/aphrodite.html   (1835 words)      OKCupid! The Mythological Goddess Test / Aphrodite Aphrodite was as well known for the pain she brought as she was for the pleasures of sexual passion which she personified. In the case of Aphrodite, perhaps it would be more accurate to say she was the Goddess of sex, sex, and more sex. What happened next most everyone knows - a ten year war that didn't come to an end until a certain wooden horse came on the scene. http://www.okcupid.com/tests/describescore?testid=3992216679008205011&category=4   (312 words)      Aphrodite The latter two had hoped to bribe him with power and victory in battle, but Aphrodite offered the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. In pain she sought out her brother Ares, the god of war who stood nearby admiring the carnage, and borrowed his chariot so that she might fly up to Olympus. The ancient travel writer Pausanias describes a number of statues of Aphrodite dressed for battle, many of them in Sparta. http://www.mythweb.com/gods/Aphrodite.html   (1027 words)      Aphrodite Here is a paraphrase of Second Homeric Hymn from the seventh century B.C. I sing of beautiful Aphrodite of Cyprus and the sea, where the camp force of Zephyr breath carried her along on waves of the resounding sea and soft foam. Helen in the Iliad speaks of the accursed passion that led her from her home, husband, and child into a strange land.To the modern mind the strangest aspect of the cult of Aphrodite was the practice of temple prostitution. Unlike the dignified or maidenly beauty of the other Olympian goddesses, Aphrodite's beauty is purely feminine and loveliness itself. http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/amethystbt/goddessaphrodite.html   (713 words)      Aphrodite: Goddess of Love However, the Charites were companions of Aphrodite, and once they (the three and Aphrodite) got into a fight about who was the most beautiful. They were holy and sacred, and so Aphrodite's position as the Great Goddess of Love and Desire was not one to be sneezed at. The temple to Aphridite Urania (either "Mountain Queen" or "Heavenly") is, for Greeks, the most sacred of all of Aphrodite's sanctuaries. http://www.paleothea.com/SortaSingles/Aphrodite.html   (1257 words)      Greek Mythology: APHRODITE Summary of the Olympian Goddess * Aphrodite was born from the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ouranos when they were cast into the sea by his rebellious son Kronos. OURANOS the Sky, Aphrodite grew from his castrated genitals when they were cast into the sea by his son Kronos * Aphrodite made the women of Lemnos to become sexually repellant to their husbands as punishment for scorning her worship. http://www.theoi.com/Summary/Aphrodite.html   (1616 words)      Aphrodite, Ares and Hephaestus Eros was the embodiment of sexual desire (and the root of the English word 'erotic'), and often depicted in human form as the offspring of Aphrodite, armed with his arrows which can arouse love (or hatred) in his victims. Thus she was especially offended to learn that the women of Cyprus were denying her worship; as punishment, the goddess turned them all into wicked, undesirable prostitutes. Occasionally we will see multiple Cupids (or Erotes) in a picture; there was a tradition that there were in fact two kinds of Eros, the one who dealt just with the gods' affairs (the son of Aphrodite) and the many (the minor ones who deal with mortals). http://www.uwm.edu/Course/mythology/0400/aphrodite.htm   (2875 words)      Mythography The Greek Goddess Aphrodite in Myth and Art This vulnerability points to the fact that in Greek mythology even the gods could suffer, and were certainly not immune to the pains and passions that we, as humans, experience. And here, Queen Aphrodite, pour heavenly nectar into gold cups and fill them gracefully with sudden joy. This book is a great source for information about Greek and Roman mythology! http://www.loggia.com/myth/aphrodite.html   (471 words)      Goddess Gallery Aphrodite Page Venus (called Aphrodite by the Greeks) was in the old days far more than a goddess of love and sexuality, though those she was certainly. In the earliest writings eros is a force rather than a god; later writings place him as a companion of Aphrodite rather than her son as he eventually became. These names point to her dark side: we prefer her as a goddess of love, passion and growth, but, as in many other older mythologies, these positive things point to their flip side of loss, decay and death, all part of her connection to the seasonal round. http://www.goddess-gallery.com/aphrodite.html   (477 words)      Aphrodite Pr Ntr Kmt is a church for witches and other pagans based on ancient practices, especially ancient Egypt. Get a beautiful certificate declaring that you are a witch, priestess, priest, high priestess, high priest, or shaman of Aphrodite. May the Goddess grant YOU love, peace, joy, bounty, and wisdom. http://www.teenwitch.com/DEITY/GREEK/APHRODIT.HTM   (549 words)      MSN Encarta - Aphrodite Probably of Near Eastern origin, Aphrodite was identified in early Greek religious belief with the Phoenician goddess Astarte and was known under a variety of cult titles, including Aphrodite Urania, queen of the heavens, and Aphrodite Pandemos, goddess of the whole people. Eros, Greek god of love, son of Aphrodite Aphrodite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of love and beauty and the counterpart of the Roman goddess Venus. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761565489   (205 words)      WIC - History of Women through Art Born of the foam of the sea (debris of the slain Uranus) Aphrodite was a Goddess of fertility and love in its noblest aspect embracing all nature. Magic girdle - Symbolic of Aphrodite and endowed with power to enslave in love all who gazed upon the wearer. Later, in some legends the true nature of Aphrodite became degraded or confused with her original nature. http://www.wic.org/artwork/aphrodit.htm   (292 words)      Classical Myth: Aphrodite: Images Wedding of Peleus and Thetis: Procession of the Gods: Aphrodite and Ares: Crouching Aphrodite (Roman copy), ca 3rd century BC, AS White-ground cup, Lyandros Painter, Museo Archeologico Florence, c 460 BC, HC http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/aphrodite_i.html   (145 words)      Greek Mythology Gods Olympians Aphrodite is the goddess of love, desire and beauty. She sprang full grown in armour from his forehead, thus has no mother. The other goes back to when Cronus castrated Uranus and tossed his severed genitles into the sea. http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html   (1202 words)      Amazon.com: Aphrodite: Music: Aphrodite this cd is a must have for anyone who is into jump-up, considering aphrodite is the jump-up god. As a guy who puts out 12-inch jungle singles on a regular basis, Aphrodite has found himself in a rut in the three years leading up to this release. What is weird and special about Aphrodite is that even in the variations there is much consistency.. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000020610?v=glance   (1259 words)      VH1.com : Aphrodite : Biography Aphrodite's Gavin King is one of the reigning, well, kings of jump-up style jungle, a sparse, Although many of Aphrodite's earlier tracks were deep in a ragga style, his late-1995 and 1996 releases began bridging the gap between ragga's gimmicky, sample-heavy refrains and jump-up's more spry stepping. The 1997 CD compilation Aphrodite Recordings is the best, most comprehensive introduction to his work, while his self-titled 1999 American debut collected old tracks and a few new remixes. http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/aphrodite/bio.jhtml   (292 words)      Crete Island - Heraklion - Aphrodite Hotel The complex consists of four buildings which are Aphrodite, Apolon, Ermis and Athina. It is ideal for all ages, both for people looking for privacy and a quiet, relaxing stay, as well as for people looking for a fast paced vacation. http://www.aphrodite-hotel.gr   (176 words)      Aphrodite - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music Turning his hand more towards production, Aphrodite established his own Aphrodite Records label in the mid 1990’s, essentially giving birth to the catchy form of jungle that would later become known as "jump-up”. With his self-titled U.S. debut for V2/Gee Street in 1999, Aphrodite secured his place in the hearts of American drum-and-bass fans as the "King of Beats". King and a partner ran a club night called "Aphrodite." The "Goddess of Love" theme fit the Summer of Love, and so did the Aphrodite-tag when the pair started getting booked all over England as "the Aphrodite DJs." Eventually, the moniker fell to King, who became DJ Aphrodite. http://music.download.com/aphrodite/3600-8993_32-100408374.html   (473 words)      Notes & References   © Sean Tudor 2001 Others have proposed a more direct relationship between Aphrodite and Hekate, suggesting - in a vein familiar to us - that they were two aspects of the same goddess. There is a case also to consider the association between Hekate’s torches and the Morning Star and Evening Star aspects of the planet Venus (the Greek name for which was Phosphorus), heralded the end and the beginning of night. (‘Aphrodite’, Encyclopedia Mythica - Article: Aphrodite, (http:www.pantheon.org/mythica/articles/a/aphrodite.html); ‘The hieros gamos of Inanna and Dumuzi’, (http://www.dhushara.com/book/hieros/hieros.htm). http://www.roadghosts.com/notes&refs.htm   (7346 words)      RoIO CD: Aphrodite Title is across the centre in wavey text, APHRODITE in an orange/red and PINK FLOYD in a mauvy shade of pinky russet. Four Floyds with instruments, in a studio (?) cut so that two are at the top and two at the bottom. http://www.pf-roio.de/roio/roio-cd/aphrodite.cd.html   (101 words)      aphrodite hotel at vatera lesvos island,lesvos hotels,aegean,greece