Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, romanized: Aphrodítē Ouranía, Latinized as Venus Urania) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite...
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The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτης Οὐρανίας, romanized: hieron Aphroditēs Ouranias) was located north-west of the Ancient...
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Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass. The muse Urania is sometimes confused with Aphrodite Urania...
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entities: Aphrodite Urania (a transcendent, "Heavenly" Aphrodite) and Aphrodite Pandemos (Aphrodite common to "all the people"). Aphrodite had many other...
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Athens describes Aphrodite Pandemos as the goddess of sensual pleasures, in opposition to Aphrodite Urania, or "the heavenly Aphrodite". At Elis, she was...
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Aphrodite Urania, who was also represented as being armed. The epithet "Areia", meaning "warlike", was applied to other gods in addition to Aphrodite...
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Uranian (from the Ancient Greek Aphrodite Urania (Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, Aphrodítē Ouranía)) is a historical term for homosexual men. The word was also used...
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Ananke is also frequently identified or associated with Aphrodite, especially Aphrodite Urania, the representation of abstract celestial love; the two...
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by the epithet Aphrodite Urania as discussed in Plato's Symposium. Plato distinguishes two forms of the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite, "the elder, having...
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result in rewards from the gods. Inspired by the cults of Aphrodite Pandemos and Aphrodite Urania, Pausanias—the legal expert of the group—introduces a distinction...
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was spoken of by Alciphron at Athens. Aphrodite Urania Aphrodite of Knidos "Leaning Aphrodite known as Aphrodite of the Gardens". The Macao Museum of Art...
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the sixth century, when a "heavenly Aphrodite" (Aphrodite Urania) was to be distinguished from the "common Aphrodite of the people", ouranos signifies purely...
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of Uranus Uranian, relating to Aphrodite Urania, an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite Uranian, relating to Urania, the muse of astronomy Uranian...
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identified in Graeco-Roman times with the Greek goddess Aphrodite Urania (lit. 'the Celestial Aphrodite'). By the Hellenistic period, the goddess 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤕...
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up Urania, urania, or Uránia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Urania is a muse in Greek mythology. Urania may also refer to: Aphrodite Urania, a title...
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Ares (category Consorts of Aphrodite)
partnered with Athena in Sparta, and represented at Kythira's temple to Aphrodite Urania. In the Iliad, the word ares is used as a common noun synonymous with...
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this misfortune to the anger of Aphrodite and in order to conciliate her introduced her worship as Aphrodite Urania (Heavenly) in Athens. The cryptic...
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an altar and (in the Roman period) a temple, probably dedicated to Aphrodite Urania. To the north was a Classical Commercial Building. To the south was...
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Eos (category Deeds of Aphrodite)
goddesses, including Eos's siblings Helios and Selene, as well as Aphrodite Urania, Mnemosyne, the Muses, and the nymphs. It is possible that the goddess...
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the Bosporan Aphrodite Urania evolved from Artimpasa, and is represented by the tree (similarly to Artimpasa, the Bosporan Aphrodite Urania was sometimes...
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The Aphrodite of Knidos (or Cnidus) was an Ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess Aphrodite created by Praxiteles of Athens around the 4th century BC...
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Apotrophia (redirect from Aphrodite Apotrophia)
believed to have been instituted by Harmonia, together with that of Aphrodite Urania and Pandemos, and the antiquity of her statues confirmed this belief...
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Venus (mythology) (category Aphrodite)
by Pompeo Marchesi, and a painting by Christian Griepenkerl. (cf. Aphrodite Urania) Venus Verticordia ("Venus the Changer of Hearts"). See #Festivals...
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Hestia, Papaios and Api to Zeus and Gaia respectively, and Argimpasa to Aphrodite Urania, while also claiming that the Scythians worshipped equivalents to Herakles...
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agora. Altar of the Twelve Gods Stoa Basileios (Royal stoa) Temple of Aphrodite Urania The south end of what is believed to be a Basilica has been uncovered...
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Aphrodisia (category Aphrodite)
nature of Aphrodite's representation. In the 4th century, Attic philosophers drew a distinction between Aphrodite Urania, a celestial Aphrodite who represented...
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Histories, and she was considered the equivalent of Aphrodite (Aphrodite Urania): The Assyrians call Aphrodite Mylitta, the Arabians Alilat [Greek spelling:...
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kinds of love are discussed, symbolised by an Aphrodite who is born from a male (Uranos), and an Aphrodite who is born from a female (Dione). Ulrichs also...
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at the sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania in Cythera, a temple of Aphrodite on Acrocorinth's summit, and an ancient temple to Aphrodite with an upper story...
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and Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite, who had an earlier, pre-Olympic existence, was called Aphrodite Urania the "eldest of the Fates" according...
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