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Afrodite

Also known as Cytherea, Erycina

dea greca dell'amore, della bellezza, della sessualità e del piacere

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Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation, whose worship was centered in places like Cyprus and Athens and included a major festival called the Aphrodisia. Her significance in Greek culture reflects the importance placed on themes of desire, fertility, and pleasure in ancient Mediterranean societies, and her worship traditions were influenced by earlier Phoenician and Near Eastern goddesses like Astarte and Inanna.

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Key facts

Deity.type: Greek
Deity.name: Aphrodite
Deity.image: Cnidus Aphrodite Altemps Inv8619.jpg
Deity.caption: The Ludovisi Cnidian Aphrodite, Roman marble copy (torso and thighs) with restored head, arms, legs and drapery support
Deity.god_of: Goddess of love, lust, passion, pleasure, beauty, and sexuality
Deity.member_of: the Twelve Olympians
Deity.abode: Mount Olympus
Deity.animals: dolphin, sparrow, dove, swan, hare, goose, bee, fish, butterfly
Deity.symbol: rose, seashell, pearl, mirror, girdle, anemone, lettuce, narcissus
Deity.tree: myrrh, myrtle, apple, pomegranate
Deity.parents: Zeus and Dione Uranus
Deity.children: Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Pothos, Anteros, Himeros, Hermaphroditus, Rhodos, Eryx, Peitho, The Graces, Beroe, Golgos, Priapus, Aeneas
Deity.planet: Venus
Deity.Roman_equivalent: Venus
Deity.equivalent4: Hathor, Isis
Deity.equivalent4_type: Egyptian
Deity.spouse: Hephaestus (divorced)Ares

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Wikidata facts

Part of: Twelve Olympians
Gender: female
Spouse: Hephaestus
Child: Deimos
Father: Uranus
Mother: Gaia
Award: Apple of Discord
Image: Aphrodite8.jpg
Said to be same as: Turan

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owner of: Apple of Discord
Commons category: Aphrodite
unmarried partner: Zeus
topic's main category: Category:Aphrodite
worshipped by: Greek mythology
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
domain of saint or deity: beauty
present in work: Hades
P8168: René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou
native label: Αφροδίτη
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P12749: Liliensternus

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Afrodite (in greco antico: Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē) è, nella religione greca, la dea della bellezza, dell'amore, della generazione. Secondo una versione del mito, nacque da Urano e dalla schiuma del mare, oppure fu figlia di Zeus e Dione. Veniva anche venerata come dea che rende sicura la navigazione. Nella mitologia romana ha la sua equivalente in Venere, ed è affine anche ad altre divinità semitiche come Astarte e Ishtar.

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