Aphrodite
Greek · deity · primordial · deity
Greek goddess of erotic desire and beauty. Two competing parentages: Hesiod has her foam-born from the severed genitals of Ouranos (the older tradition, Aphrodite Urania); Homer has her as daughter of Zeus and Dione (Aphrodite Pandemos). Primary cult sites at Paphos (Cyprus, the aniconic stone) and Cythera. Lover of Ares; wife of Hephaestus; mother of Eros, Anteros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia.
Children
Domains
- erotic desire
- beauty
- sea born
Powers
- Kindle love and sexual desire
Epithets
- Κυπρίς
- Κυθέρεια
- Οὐρανία
- Πάνδημος
- φιλομμειδής
- Ἀναδυομένη
- χρυσέη
- ἐϋστέφανος
- Παφία
Relations
- lover: Anchises
- spouse: Hephaestus
- lover: Ares
- equated with: Isis
- interpretatio: Astarte
- interpretatio: Hathor
- interpretatio: Allāt
- equated with: al-Uzza
- interpretatio: Mithra
- equated with: Astghik
- interpretatio: Heavenly Aphrodite Argimpasa