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Aphrodite

deity sky Greek corroborated · 86

Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #341 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.

↻ synthesized from 86 sources

When

First attested
3000 BCE
Attested period
-3000 – 2020
Historical notes
Classical Greek mythology

Relationships

teacher of
Metioche, Nessus, Menippe
co occurs with
Golgos, Lares, Vesta, genius loci, Genius, Victory, Fortuna, Mars Camulus, Penates, Silvanus, Fortuna Conservatrix, Agathe Tyche, Lares Compitales, Asklepios, Enodia, Endymion, Aethlius, Muia, Concordia, Cupid, Triton, Amphitrite, Asopus, Rhodos, Halia, Ialysus, Cameirus, Lindus, Ochimus, Cercaphus, Actis, Macar, Candalus, Triopas, Tenages, Electryone, Lampetie, Aigle, Phaethousa, Telchines, Snake-Legged Goddess, Artimpasa, Kronos, Ceres, Hermes Trismegistus, Amun, Anubis, Set, Harpocrates, Apis, Heru-pa-Khered, Bubastis, the Graces, the Three Fates, Hecate Trivia, Sirius, Dioskouroi, Porphyrion, Hēraklēs, Hekate, Nike, Aoos, Eileithyia, Selene, Leto, Osiris, Horus, Tanit, Hand-of-Venus, Hand-of-Mary, Atlas, Salmacis, Aphroditus, Pan, Silenus, Queen of Heaven, Inanna, Dumuzid, Cinyras, Myrrha, Calliope, Erymanthus, Taleus, Heracles, Alphesiboea, Metharme, Cocytus, Hathor, Dione, Demeter, Rhea, giant, Olympian gods, Titans, Ba'al-Ḥammon, Poseidon, Adrasteia, Ida, Curetes, Chronos, Erebus, Nyx, Dionysos, Staphylos, Typhon, Oceanus, Tethys, Di-u-ja, Iris, nymphs, Peitho, Eukarpia, Ge, Erinyes, Thaumas, Meliae, Phorcys, Ceto, Pontus, Brontes, Steropes, Arges, Cottus, Briareos, Gyges, Eurybia, Electra, Europa, Asclepius, Kourotrophos, Orion, Cybele, Uranus, Aphrodite Pandemos, Odysseus, Aeneas, Oenone, Hecuba, Polydamas, Philoctetes, The Seasons, Neoptolemus, Epeüs, Sinon, Nestor, The Muses, Laocoön, Hephaestus, Harmonia, Cadmus, Dioscuri, Theritas, Lapithae, Halirrhothius, Alcippe, Agraulos, Clymene, Eros, Furies, Pandareus, Harmothoë, harpies, Aëdon, Chiron, Aristaeus, Cyrene, Idmon, Pelias, Autuchus, Hippolytus, Polyphonte, Styx, Callisto, Syrinx, Éris, Thetis, Calchas, Acraea, Prometheus, Achilles, Themis, Paris, Helen, Nephele, Leda, Hestia, drakaina, Aesculapius, Cerberus, Medusa, Aglaia, Pallas, Marsyas, Daphnis, Echenais, Nomia, Cronus, Phaethon, Phosphorus, Pyroeis, Phaenon, Hercules, Eos, Saturn, Stilbon, Vesper, Anchises, Turnu, Latinus, Ascanius, Creusa, Lavinia, Jupiter Indiges, Tammuz, Theia, Smyrna, Telamon, Britomartis, Aphaea, Dictynna, Muses, Love, Cephissus, Athena, Erechtheus, Jason, Alpheus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Panacea, Archelous, Persephone, Adonis, Hera, Castor, Polydeuces, Euphrosyne, Pasithea, Kale, Teiresias, Minotaur, Cretan snake‑goddess, Thalassa, Kinnaru, Minerva, Diana, Hadad, Serapis, Gaia, Shaitan, Astaroth, Al-lāt, Baal, phoenixes, Hades, Nereus, Hecate, Atargatis, Artemis, Attis, centaur, Nemesis, Hesperus, Jupiter, Mercury
parent of
Beroe, Hermaphroditos, Hermaphroditus, Ananke, Aeneas, Ichthys, Harmonia, Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Anteros, Adonis, Merope, Cleothera
serves
Hera
syncretized with
Artimpasa, ʿAštart, Ištar, Gefjon, Ashtart, Moon, Mylitta, Astarte, Inanna, Baalat Gebal, Turan, Ariadne, Ištar, Venus, Ishtar, Juno, Magna Mater, Isis, Hathor, Anahita, Anahit, Alilat, Astłik, Isis-Aphrodite, Bêlit, Ilat
aspect of
H₂éwsōs
enemy of
giant, Diomedes, Athena, Helios, Artemis (Diana), Hera, Erinoma, Kore, Cassandra
consort of
Dionysus, Adonis, Hephaestus, Ares, Vulcan, Mars
allied with
Dionysus, Ares, Hermes, Charites, Ariadne, Hebe, Athena, Hyacinthus, Polyboea, Artemis (Diana), Eros, Persephone, Adonis
sibling of
Dionysus, Apollo, Athena, Hermes, Ares, Hephaestus, Artemis (Diana)
created by
Uranus
manifests as
Aphroditos (bearded), fish goddess, Areia
served by
Eros, ʿAtarʿatah, Charis, Aglaea, Charites, Genetyllides
manifested by
Great Mother, Aphrodite Aineias
child of
Uranus, Dione, Zelos, Apate, Zeus
has aspect
Aphroditus, Aphrodite of the Gardens, Genetyllis, Aphroditos, Aphrodite Urania, Aphrodite Pandemos

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Sources

wikipedia (75)
  1. Orotalt
  2. Beroe (Beirut nymph)
  3. Tutelary deity
  4. Greek city-state patron gods
  5. Mars (mythology)
  6. Rhodos
  7. Artimpasa
  8. Gefjon
  9. Snake-Legged Goddess
  10. Pasiphaë
  11. Harpocrates
  12. Phaethon
  13. Eos
  14. *H₂éwsōs
  15. Aphroditus
  16. Artemis
  17. Selene
  18. The Four Naked Women (Dürer)
  19. Gigantomachy by the Suessula Painter
  20. Hamsa
  21. Sacred prostitution
  22. Hermaphroditus
  23. Queen of Heaven (antiquity)
  24. Adonis
  25. Maiuma (festival)
  26. Baalat Gebal
  27. Interpretatio graeca
  28. Astaroth
  29. List of Greek deities
  30. Theomachy
  31. Turan (mythology)
  32. Adrasteia
  33. Ananke
  34. Apate
  35. Ariadne
  36. Charis (mythology)
  37. Charites
  38. Dione (Titaness)
  39. Eukarpia (theonym)
  40. Gaia
  41. Harmonia
  42. Hebe (mythology)
  43. Kourotrophos
  44. Hestia
  45. Menippe and Metioche
  46. Hyacinth (mythology)
  47. Astyanassa
  48. Girdle of Aphrodite
  49. Posthomerica
  50. Phaethon (play)
  51. Acontius
  52. Cleothera
  53. Cyrene (mythology)
  54. Erinoma
  55. Hippolytus of Athens
  56. Polyphonte
  57. Proetids
  58. Rhodopis and Euthynicus
  59. Trojan War
  60. Acraea
  61. Artemis Alphaea
  62. Tauropolia
  63. The Goddess Girls
  64. Daphnis
  65. Charmides (poem)
  66. Planetae
  67. Adonia
  68. 2101 Adonis
  69. Adonis (Duquesnoy)
  70. Theorizing About Myth
  71. Helen (play)
  72. Kale (mythology)
  73. Satala Aphrodite
  74. Leucothea
  75. Cinyras
encyclopedia (11)
  1. Adonis (mythology) (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Aegean civilisation (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. Aegina (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  4. Aeneas (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  5. Altar (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  6. Amathus (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  7. Anacreon (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  8. Anadyomene (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  9. Ancient Greek Literature (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  10. Aphrodite (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  11. Ares (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“the daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis, and sister of Golgos. She was wooed by both Dionysus and Poseidon, eventually choosing Poseidon as a lover.”

#8990 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The architecture of a granary (horreum) featured niches for images of the tutelary deities, who might include the genius loci or guardian spirit of the site, Hercules, Silvanus, Fortuna Conservatrix ("Fortuna the Preserver") and in the Greek East Aphrodite”

#9085 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The city of Cnidus, in Asia Minor, worshipped Aphrodite as their patron.”

#9494 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In Greek myth, the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite had been exposed to ridicule when her husband Hephaestus (whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan) caught them in the act by means of a magical snare.”

#10144 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“When Aphrodite cursed Helios and made him fall in love with a mortal princess named Leucothoe, he is said to have forgotten about Rhodos, among other lovers.”

#11495 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5