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  2. Aphrodite - Wikipedia

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    Aphrodite's other symbols included the sea, conch shells, and roses. [257] The rose and myrtle flowers were both sacred to Aphrodite. [258] A myth explaining the origin of Aphrodite's connection to myrtle goes that originally the myrtle was a maiden, Myrina, a dedicated priestess of Aphrodite.

  3. Girdle of Aphrodite - Wikipedia

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    The magical Girdle of Aphrodite or Venus (Greek: ἱμάς, himás: 'strap, thong'; κεστός, kestós: 'girdle, belt'; Latin: cingulum Veneri, cestus Veneris), variously interpreted as girdle, belt, breast-band, and otherwise, is one of the erotic accessories of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

  4. Doves as symbols - Wikipedia

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    During Aphrodite's main festival, the Aphrodisia, her altars would be purified with the blood of a sacrificed dove. [6] Aphrodite's associations with doves influenced the Roman goddesses Venus and Fortuna, causing them to become associated with doves as well. [3] In the Japanese mythology, doves are Hachiman's familiar spirit.

  5. Aphrodite of Rhodes - Wikipedia

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    The Aphrodite of Rhodes (Greek: Αφροδίτη της Ρόδου) also known as the Crouching Venus of Rhodes is a marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Aphrodite housed in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes in Rhodes, Greece.

  6. Aphrodite Urania - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Venus de Milo - Wikipedia

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    The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos [b] is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain, but the modern consensus places it in the 2nd century BC, perhaps between 160 and 110 BC.

  8. Aphrodisia - Wikipedia

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    The white male goat is also a consistent symbol in the worship of Aphrodite Pandemos. She was often represented in iconography riding on a male goat, which was known to be a carnal symbol. Pausanias wittily reports, "The meaning of the tortoise and of the he-goat I leave to those who care to guess," [ 6 ] slyly implying the sensual nature of ...

  9. Aphrodite Areia - Wikipedia

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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]