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A Roman copy of a statue of Aphrodite Areia found in Epidaurus, with the original created by the Polykleitos school.. Aphrodite Areia (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Ἀρεία) or "Aphrodite the Warlike" was a cult epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, in which she was depicted in full armor like the war god Ares. [1]
Aphrodite Areia [ edit ] In ancient Greek cult and religion, the usually love-associated Aphrodite was sometimes worshipped as a war goddess under the epithet Areia ( Ancient Greek : Ἀφροδίτη Ἀρεία ) or "Aphrodite the Warlike", under which she was depicted in full armor like the war god Ares , her lover.
Aphrodite was also honored in Athens as part of the Arrhephoria festival. [76] The fourth day of every month was sacred to Aphrodite. [77] Pausanias records that, in Sparta, Aphrodite was worshipped as Aphrodite Areia, which means "warlike". [40] [41] This epithet stresses Aphrodite's connections to Ares, with whom she had extramarital relations.
Ilaba, warlike tutelary god of the kings of the Akkadian Empire; Inanna, Sumerian goddess of love, sex and war; Ishtar, Akkadian (later Assyrian and Babylonian) counterpart of Inanna; Nergal, god of war, the underworld, and pestilence; Ninazu, a god of the underworld who could also be portrayed as a war deity
The adjectival epithet, Areios ("warlike") was frequently appended to the names of other gods when they took on a warrior aspect or became involved in warfare: Zeus Areios, Athena Areia, even Aphrodite Areia ("Aphrodite within Ares" or "feminine Ares"), who was warlike, fully armoured and armed, partnered with Athena in Sparta, and represented ...
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 ...
In ancient Greek mythology, Rhodopis (Ancient Greek: Ῥοδῶπις, romanized: Rhodôpis, lit. 'rosy-faced', [1] Ancient Greek pronunciation: [r̥odɔ̂ːpis]) and Euthynicus [a] (Ancient Greek: Εὐθύνικος, romanized: Euthúnikos) are two young hunters sworn to chastity who incurred the wrath of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. [2]
[353] [354] Aphrodite was also a warrior goddess; [353] [350] [358] the second-century AD Greek geographer Pausanias records that, in Sparta, Aphrodite was worshipped as Aphrodite Areia, which means "warlike." [359] [360] He also mentions that Aphrodite's most ancient cult statues in Sparta and on Cythera showed her bearing arms. [361]