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The magical Girdle of Aphrodite or Venus (Greek: ἱμάς, himás: 'strap, thong'; κεστός, kestós: 'girdle, belt'; Latin: cingulum Veneri, cestus Veneris), variously interpreted as girdle, belt, breast-band, and otherwise, is one of the erotic accessories of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
The Girdle of Aphrodite [1] Boxing gloves used by ancient Greeks and Romans, also written Caestus [1] A girdle or belt worn by women in ancient Greece; A marriage girdle, given by a newly married wife to her husband [2]
Hephaestus was overjoyed to be married to the goddess of beauty, and forged her beautiful jewelry, including a strophion (στρόφιον) known as the kestos himas (κεστὸς ἱμάς), [129] a saltire-shaped undergarment (usually translated as the girdle of Aphrodite), [130] which accentuated her breasts [131] and made her even more ...
Literature from Ancient Greece suggests the use of a specialized garment meant to support and contain women's breasts. In Book 14 of Homer's Iliad, written in the archaic period of classical antiquity, Homer refers to Aphrodite's "embroidered girdle" (Ancient Greek: κεστός ἱμάς, kestós himás) as being "loosed from her breasts", indicating a decorated breast-band rather than a ...
In the Golden Age of Comics, the Amazons of Paradise Island are depicted wearing the bracelets as a symbol of submission to their patron goddess Aphrodite and, under the goddess's instruction, as a reminder to the Amazons of the folly of submitting to men and the resultant period when they were subjugated under the rule of the treacherous Hercules.
A Christian priest wearing a white girdle around his waist to hold his alb and stole in place.A belt without a buckle, especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing from antiquity until perhaps the 15th century, especially for women.
The Amazons' queen, Hippolyta, met Hercules in personal combat, because she knew that with her magic girdle, given to her by Aphrodite, the goddess of love, she could not lose. Hippolyte defeated Hercules, but Hercules, with deceit and trickery, managed to secure Hippolyte's magic girdle—and soon the Amazons were taken into slavery.
Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. Theia: Θεία (Theía) Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Themis: Θέμις (Thémis) Goddess of divine law and order.