Aphrodite the Goddess of Eros
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ Greek History / Ancient Greece - Latest posts Hellinism / Faith / Worship in Ancient Greece - Latest posts Mythology / Greek Mythology - Lates posts Η Αφροδίτη της Μήλου Ἀφροδίτη[ῑ], ἡ (αφρος); I. Venus, Lat. Venus, the goddess of love, is said to have been born from the foam of the sea, to Homer. Hymn., Hesiod. II. 1. as accusative, love, pleasure, in Homer. Od.· Venus of evil, delight, in Eur. 2. attractive beauty, charm, Lat. venustas, in Aeschylus, Luke; cf. Lat. venus. Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty, love and pleasures, marriage and family, with power in sky and sea, in the whole of nature, who through love held together and continued the human race (Eur., Hippol. 447 ff. e.). Statue of Aphrodite from Cyprus, early fifth century BC, showing her wearing a scroll crown and holding a dove Aphrodite in ancient Greece was the ancient goddess of love, beauty, desire and all aspects of sexuali...