Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Volume 10Reference work with alphabetically-arranged entries illuminates the characters, places, and literary sources of Greek and Roman myths |
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Aphrodite . A goddess of erotic love , identified by the Romans with Venus . A. There are two principal accounts of Aphrodite's birth . According to Homer , she was a daughter of Zeus and Dione , but Hesiod declared that she had sprung ...
Aphrodite . A goddess of erotic love , identified by the Romans with Venus . A. There are two principal accounts of Aphrodite's birth . According to Homer , she was a daughter of Zeus and Dione , but Hesiod declared that she had sprung ...
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a Like other Olympian deities , Aphrodite was often harsh toward those who defied her , usually by refusing the pleasures of love . Her best - known victim was Hippolytus , son of Theseus . Aphrodite caused his stepmother , Phaedra , to ...
a Like other Olympian deities , Aphrodite was often harsh toward those who defied her , usually by refusing the pleasures of love . Her best - known victim was Hippolytus , son of Theseus . Aphrodite caused his stepmother , Phaedra , to ...
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APHRODITE in the stars and the doves were universally held sacred to the goddess , both as the Syrian Goddess and as Aphrodite . The Greeks had always known that Aphrodite was an Asiatic goddess . Herodotus stated that the oldest shrine ...
APHRODITE in the stars and the doves were universally held sacred to the goddess , both as the Syrian Goddess and as Aphrodite . The Greeks had always known that Aphrodite was an Asiatic goddess . Herodotus stated that the oldest shrine ...
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