Epithets of Aphrodite

Despoina or Despoena (; ) was the epithet of a goddess worshipped by the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece as the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon and the sister of Arion. Surviving sources refer to her exclusively under the title Despoina ("the Mistress," cognate of "Despot") alongside her mother Demeter, as her real name could not be revealed to anyone except those initiated into her mysteries and was consequently lost with the extinction of the Eleusinian religion.

In Ancient Greek religion, Antheia () or Anthea, was an epithet of both the goddesses Hera and Aphrodite. According to the geographer Pausanias, there was a temple of Hera Antheia at Argos, while according to Hesychius, Antheia was a name used for Aphrodite at Knossos.

epithet and cult identity, heavenly, of the Greek goddess Aphrodite and other gods

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divine epithet of Aphrodite, earthly or public