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Aphrodite Old Paphos, Cyprus: Petra tou Romiou The marble statue Venus de Milo, depicting the ancient Greek goddess Aphrodite with missing arms, stands on a pedestal in a gallery at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Lucas Cranach: The Judgment of Paris Aphrodite of Cnidus
Sandro Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus shows the goddess Venus standing on a seashell at the shore, with wind gods blowing from the left and a woman holding a cloak on the right.
Aphrodite and Eros, gilt bronze mirror with incised design, Greek, 4th century bce; in the Louvre, Paris. The Judgment of Paris, Hermes leading Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite to Paris, detail of a red-figure kylix by Hieron, 6th century BC; in the Staatliche Museen Antikenabteilung, Berlin Venus de Milo Venus de Milo
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If You'd Only Be My Valentine, American Valentine card, 1910. Cupid gathers a basket of red hearts from a pine tree which, in the language of flowers represents daring. Valentine's Day St. Valentine's Day February 14 love romance history and society heart In Roman mythology Cupid was the son of Venus, goddess of love (Eros and Aphrodite in the Greek Pantheon).
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James Barry (1741-1806) painting title: The Education of Achilles, oil on canvas by James Barry, c. 1772; in the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut. 102.9 x 128.9 cm Alternate title: Chiron and Achilles
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Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Aphrodite. Sep 16, 2026
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Aphrodite. Mar 20, 2026
Add new Web site: Ancient Greece - Aphrodite (Venus). Jan 09, 2026
Article revised and updated. Aug 08, 2025
Add new Web site: Online Research at Cardiff - Aphrodite in Proculus' Theology (PDF). Apr 25, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 17, 2025
Add new Web site: BCcampus Open Publishing - Mythoi Koinoi - Aphrodite. Feb 14, 2025
Add new Web site: The J. Paul Getty Museum - Aphrodite and the Gods of Love. Dec 20, 2024
Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology - Aphrodite. Apr 15, 2024
Meg Matthias. Feb 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Theoi - Aphrodite. Jun 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Aphrodite: The True Origins of the Greek Goddess of Love, Sex, and Beauty. Apr 02, 2023
Media added. Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Mythopedia - Aphrodite. Jan 02, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Aphrodite. Aug 16, 2022
Add new Web site: Greek Gods and Goddesses - Aphrodite. Apr 17, 2022
Revised the statements about her features and her worship coming from the East to note that many of her attributes resemble the ancient goddesses Ishtar and Astarte. May 07, 2020
Add new Web site: Roman and Greek Gods - Aphrodite. Feb 13, 2019
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Aphrodite Goddess of Love and Beauty - ThoughtCo. May 11, 2018
Media added. Dec 13, 2017
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Aphrodite. Oct 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty. Feb 27, 2013
Media added. Nov 10, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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