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Juno Borrowing the Girdle of Venus by Guy Head (c. 1771). The earliest mention of the girdle is in Book 14 of the Iliad, when its magical power is sought by Hera, who wants to seduce her husband Zeus, and has arrayed herself in all her finery, when she asks Aphrodite for "love and desire" (φιλότητα καί ἵμερον, philótēta kaí hímeron). [2]
The Girdle of Aphrodite [1] Boxing gloves used by ancient Greeks and Romans, also written Caestus [1] A girdle or belt worn by women in ancient Greece; A marriage girdle, given by a newly married wife to her husband [2]
Aphrodite's Cestus, a magic girdle that enhanced the wearer's beauty and made others fall in love with the wearer. (Greek mythology) Girdle of Hippolyta, a girdle that was a symbol of Hippolyta's power over the Amazons, and given to her by Ares. Heracles' 9th Labor was to retrieve it. (Greek mythology)
Literature from Ancient Greece suggests the use of a specialized garment meant to support and contain women's breasts. In Book 14 of Homer's Iliad, written in the archaic period of classical antiquity, Homer refers to Aphrodite's "embroidered girdle" (Ancient Greek: κεστός ἱμάς, kestós himás) as being "loosed from her breasts", indicating a decorated breast-band rather than a ...
Girdle of Venus may refer to: Girdle of Aphrodite, a magical accessory of Aphrodite/Venus; The belt of Venus, an atmospheric phenomenon; An alternative name for the chastity belt; The girdle of Venus, a minor line in palmistry; Venus girdle, Cestum veneris, a species of comb jelly
Athena requests that Aphrodite remove her charm-enhancing girdle, while Aphrodite counters that Athena should remove her intimidating helmet. Both goddesses comply, revealing their true forms, which leaves Paris captivated by their beauty. Paris asks to inspect them further, prompting Athena and Aphrodite to withdraw to disrobe. [note 17]
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. Aphrodite's major symbols include seashells, myrtles, roses, doves
Aphrodite of Rhodes was an accidental find, unearthed in 1923 in the garden of the Governor's villa in Rhodes, when the island was still under Italian control following Italy's annexation of the Dodecanese islands from the Ottoman Empire in 1912.