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The temple of Aphrodite [in Korinthos in the days of the tyrant Kypselos] was so rich that it owned more than a thousand temple slaves, courtesans, whom both men and women had dedicated to the goddess. And therefore it was also on account of these women that the city was crowded with people and grew rich; for instance, the ship captains freely ...
Shekhinah Mountainwater (October 24, 1938 - August 11, 2007 [1]) was a musician, author, teacher, priestess of Aphrodite, [2] and a key figure in the Goddess movement.She is well known on the west coast of the United States, but has a significant following throughout America and abroad for her music, writing, teaching, WomanRunes, Moonwheels, Goddess ritual, and spiritual and social activism.
It claimed that the worship of Aphrodite had been brought to Greece by the mystic teacher Orpheus, [320] but that the Greeks had misunderstood Orpheus's teachings and had not realized the importance of worshipping Aphrodite alone. [320] Aphrodite is a major deity in Wicca, [321] [322] a contemporary nature-based syncretic Neopagan religion. [323]
In the Iliad, Aphrodite, Ares, and Apollo support the Trojan side in the Trojan War, while Hera, Athena, and Poseidon support the Greeks (see theomachy). Some gods were specifically associated with a certain city. Athena was associated with Athens, Apollo with Delphi and Delos, Zeus with Olympia and Aphrodite with Corinth. But other gods were ...
The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτης Οὐρανίας, romanized: hieron Aphroditēs Ouranias) was located north-west of the Ancient Agora of Athens and dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite under her epithet Urania ("of the Heavens"). It has been identified with a sanctuary found in this area in the ...
The Aphrodite Rhithymnia (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Ῥιθυμνία, romanized: Aphrodítē Rhithumnía, lit. 'Aphrodite of Rhithymna'), also known as Aphrodite of Lappa ( Greek : Αφροδίτη της Λάππας ), is a Roman statue of the first century AD found at the site of ancient Lappa , in modern-day Argyroupoli , western ...
Celebrity worship may become problematic when admiration becomes an obsession. "It can be dangerous if [an attachment to a celebrity] takes on too much importance, to the point where real-life ...
The site of Paphos was a holy place for the ancient Greeks, who believed it to be the place where Aphrodite landed when she rose from the sea. [2] According to Pausanias (i. 14), her worship was introduced to Paphos from Syria, and from Paphos to Kythera in Greece. The cult was likely of Phoenician origin. Archaeology has established that ...