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Pages in category "Epithets of Aphrodite" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acraea; Amathusia;
Common literary epithets of Aphrodite are Cypris and Cythereia, [69] which derive from her associations with the islands of Cyprus and Cythera respectively. [69] On Cyprus, Aphrodite was sometimes called Eleemon ("the merciful"). [57] In Athens, she was known as Aphrodite en kēpois ("Aphrodite of the Gardens"). [57]
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 all ...
This epithet can be interpreted in different ways. In Plato's Symposium, Pausanias of Athens describes Aphrodite Pandemos as the goddess of sensual pleasures, in opposition to Aphrodite Urania, or "the heavenly Aphrodite". [1] At Elis, she was represented as riding on a ram by Scopas. [2]
A Roman copy of a statue of Aphrodite Areia found in Epidaurus, with the original created by the Polykleitos school.. Aphrodite Areia (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Ἀρεία) or "Aphrodite the Warlike" was a cult epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, in which she was depicted in full armor like the war god Ares. [1]
Category: Epithets of Greek deities. 8 languages. ... Epithets of Aphrodite (17 P) Epithets of Apollo (70 P) Epithets of Ares (4 P) Epithets of Artemis (1 C, 30 P)
Apaturia was an epithet of the goddess Aphrodite at Phanagoria and other places in the Taurian Chersonesus, where it originated, according to tradition, in this way: Aphrodite was attacked by giants, and called Heracles to her assistance. He concealed himself with her in a cavern, and as the giants approached her one by one, she surrendered ...
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.