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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]
Armed Aphrodite (Greek: Ένοπλη Αφροδίτη) is a first-century AD Roman marble sculpture depicting Aphrodite Areia, or the war-like aspect of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, who was more commonly worshipped as a goddess of beauty and love.
The Temple to Arsinoe Aphrodite at Cape Zephyrion was a sanctuary commissioned around 279 BCE by Kallikrates, the commander of the Ptolemaic Naval Fleet.A Graeco-Macedonian Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt, Arsinoe II was directly involved in public affairs, war planning, and public and private ritual rites.
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 war lasted ten years and resulted in the victory of the Olympians and their dominion over the world. Another case is the Gigantomachy. In the Iliad, multiple theomachies occur. One is fought between Diomedes with the direct aid of Athena against Aphrodite (part of Diomedes' aristeia in Book 5).
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While Paris inspected them, each attempted with her powers to bribe him; Hera offered to make him king of Europe and Asia, Athena offered wisdom and skill in war, and Aphrodite, who had the Charites and the Horai to enhance her charms with flowers and song (according to a fragment of the Cypria quoted by Athenagoras of Athens), offered the ...