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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...

Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, romanized: Aphrodítē Ouranía, Latinized as Venus Urania) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite...

martial interpretations of the goddess, such as at her Sanctuary at Kythira, where she was worshiped under the epithet Aphrodite Urania, who was also represented...

daughter of Zeus and Dione. Plato, in his Symposium, asserts that these two origins actually belong to separate entities: Aphrodite Urania (a transcendent...

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...

Pausanias of Athens describes Aphrodite Pandemos as the goddess of sensual pleasures, in opposition to Aphrodite Urania, or "the heavenly Aphrodite". At Elis...

spoken of by Alciphron at Athens. Aphrodite Urania Aphrodite of Knidos "Leaning Aphrodite known as Aphrodite of the Gardens". The Macao Museum of Art. Elisabeth...

tortoise, a gesture associated with Aphrodite Urania. Antonio Canova sculpted four different versions of his statue of Hebe, and there are many later copies...

also frequently identified or associated with Aphrodite, especially Aphrodite Urania, the representation of abstract celestial love; the two were considered...

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...

goddess Aphrodite Urania (lit. 'the Celestial Aphrodite'). By the Hellenistic period, the goddess 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤕 𐤂𐤁𐤋‎ (Baʿlat Gubal, lit. 'the Lady of Byblos')...

Erato, Melpomene, Thalia, and Urania. In modern figurative usage, a muse is a person who serves as someone's source of artistic inspiration. The word...

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...

and a painting by Christian Griepenkerl. (cf. Aphrodite Urania) Venus Verticordia ("Venus the Changer of Hearts"). See #Festivals and Veneralia. Venus...

along with Aphrodite, Zeus (Aphrodisios), Hermes, and Artemis. There was a sanctuary dedicated to Eucleia at Aigai (Aegae), the ancient capital of Macedonia...

of Zeus to seduce her. Zeus, out of pity, sent his eagle to take away Aphrodite's sandal when she was bathing, and gave it to Hermes. When Aphrodite came...

Hephaestus. At the oracle of Dodona, his consort was said to be Dione, by whom the Iliad states that he fathered Aphrodite. According to the Theogony...

(dance) Thalia (comedy) Urania (astronomy) Hyginus in his Fabulae gives Mnemosyne a different parentage, where she was the daughter of Zeus and Clymene. In...

Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, romanized: Hermaphróditos, [hermapʰróditos]) was a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably beautiful boy...

the Meliae) emerged from the drops of blood which fell on the Earth (Gaia), while Aphrodite was born from the crests of sea foam. Pseudo-Apollodorus also...