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Venus Urania (Christian Griepenkerl, 1878) Statue of the so-called 'Aphrodite on a tortoise', 430–420 BCE, Athens [a]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 ...
Aeschylus identifies her as the daughter of Aphrodite in Suppliant Women (Hiketides), but also describes her as the child of Ate in Agamemnon. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Nonnus in his Dionysiaca describes the Charites (Graces), an ensemble of goddesses of grace and charm, as including Peitho, Pasithea , and Aglaia , and all of them are identified as ...
Aphrodite (/ ˌ æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t iː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) [a] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
Nonnus identifies her with the city of Beirut, and makes it the place where Aphrodite first stepped ashore. [3] Beroe, also called Amymone daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis and bride of Poseidon. Also identified by Nonnus with Beirut. [4] Not to be confused with Amymone the Danaid, who is a separate figure. [5] [6]
Children of Aphrodite. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. E. Eros (3 C, 14 P) Erotes (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category ...
Vanna White posted a rare photo of her daughter, Giovanna “Gigi” Santo Pietro, and fans can’t get over their resemblance. “Happy 27th to my amazing daughter,” White, 67, captioned an ...
Aphrodite's winged little son Eros, the god of romantic love, is similarly trying to assist his mother fight off her assaulter by grasping Pan's right horn and pushing him away. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Pan leans on a tree trunk (the statue's marble support) covered with animal's skin, and has left his hunting stick at the foot of the trunk. [ 1 ]
The mom of two shared the most adorable first photos of her baby girl, who she welcomed in September with husband Christopher French. Tisdale, French, and their first daughter, 3-year-old Jupiter ...