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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
from ...
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
from ...
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APHRODITE 1 mitted the quarrel to the Muse Calliope for arbitration . Calliope
decreed that Adonis , now a handsome youth , should spend a part of the year
with each goddess . Aphrodite punished Calliope's fair - mindedness by causing
the ...
APHRODITE 1 mitted the quarrel to the Muse Calliope for arbitration . Calliope
decreed that Adonis , now a handsome youth , should spend a part of the year
with each goddess . Aphrodite punished Calliope's fair - mindedness by causing
the ...
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APHRODITE APOLLO 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
...
APHRODITE APOLLO 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
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| Title | CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Author | EDWARD TRIPP |
| Published | 1970 |
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