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	Aphrodite - LoveToKnow Watches
		This oriental Aphrodite was worshipped as the bestower of all animal and vegetable fruitfulness, and under this aspect especially as a goddess of women.
		Aphrodite Pandemos was held in equal regard with Urania; she was called Qeµv i ("holy"), and was served by priestesses upon whom strict chastity was enjoined.
		Aphrodite Urania was represented in Greek art on a swan, a tortoise or a globe; Aphrodite Pandemos as riding on a goat, symbolical of wantonness.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Aphrodite (2520 words)

	Aphrodite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aphrodite was associated with, and often depicted with dolphins, doves, swans, pomegranates, apples, myrtle, rose and lime trees.
		Alternatively, Aphrodite was a daughter of Thalassa (for she was born of the Sea) and Zeus.
		Aphrodite was one of the gods to be mocked by Momus, which resulted in his expulsion from Olympus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aphrodite (2976 words)

	Aphrodite, Greek Mythology Link. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Aphrodite and Adonis had a daughter, whose name was Beroe 5 (also called Amymone 2), though sometimes she is said to be the daughter of the TITANS Oceanus and Tethys [Nonn.41.153-155, 42.66].
		Aphrodite would often help young people in love: Atalanta, a virgin huntress who remained always under arms, used to force her wooers to race before her and if she caught them she would put them to death, but if anybody would survive she would marry him.
		But Aphrodite could be harsh toward those who defied her: Theseus, king of Athens and Troezen, had a son by an Amazon, Hippolytus 4, who would not worship Aphrodite, and thus aroused the goddess wrath against himself.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Aphrodite.html (2935 words)

	Aphrodite
		In Homer's Iliad, Aphrodite was born from the union of Zeus with the Titan goddess Dione.
		Aphrodite Pandemos is the baser of the two goddesses, and is associated with physical satisfaction.
		Aphrodite, the beautiful maiden who attracts the attention of the most powerful of the gods only to decline him, refuses to be controlled by her marriage to Hephaestus--she will not be denied freedom in the area of her dominion.
	www.arthistory.sbc.edu /imageswomen/papers/lombardiaphrodite/aphrodite.html (1903 words)

	Aphrodite
		According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus.
		After her birth, Zeus was afraid that the gods would fight over Aphrodite's hand in marriage so he married her off to the smith god Hephaestus, the steadiest of the gods.
		Aphrodite was originally an old-Asian goddess, similar to the Mesopotamian Ishtar and the Syro-Palestinian goddess Ashtart.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/a/aphrodite.html (334 words)

	Aphrodite
		Similar to the mythological interpretation of Athena, Goddess of wisdom, whose birth from the head of Zeus symbolized her intellectual nature, Aphrodite was born from the part of the anatomy that represents sexual power and energy; the male genitals.
		Aphrodite and Ares are symbolic of the yin and the yang of universe.
		One of the most memorable accounts of Aphrodite's charms and allure came to be known as the 'Judgement of Paris.' As the story goes, Paris was given a golden apple from Zeus and was forced to decide who amongst the goddesses was indeed the fairest.
	www.arthistory.sbc.edu /imageswomen/papers/wiggintonaphrodite/aphrodite.html (1946 words)

	Aphrodite
		Aphrodite is also called Aphrodite Antheia (of the flowers), Aphrodite Areia (warlike), Aphrodite Acraea (of the height), Aphrodite Camaetho (bright-haired), Aphrodite Cnidian, Aphrodite Cytherea, Cyprian Aphrodite or Aphrodite Cypris (of Cyprus), Aphrodite Doritis (bountiful), Aphrodite Erycina (of the heather), Aphrodite Euploia (fair voyage), and Aphrodite Schoenus (of the rush basket).
		In her sexual aspect she is called Peeping Aphrodite, Aphrodite the Courtesan, Aphrodite of Brothels, Aphrodite of Streetwalkers; Aphrodite Philommedes, Lover of Genitals; Aphrodite Androphonos, Man-Slayer; and Aphrodite Porne or Pornos (for the whores), The Titillator.
		Aphrodite of the Flowers is her springtime aspect, and Aphrodite Camaetho is her summer or autumn aspect.
	zer0dmx.tripod.com /gods/aphrodite.html (610 words)

	Aphrodite - WiccanWeb.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Aphrodite had a festival of her own, the Aphrodisiac, which was celebrated all over Greece but particularly in Athens, Greece and Corinth.
		In Homer, Aphrodite, venturing into battle to protect her son, Aeneas, who has been wounded by Diomedes and returns to her mother, to sink down at her knee and be comforted.
		Aphrodite was warned of this jealousy and was told that Adonis would be killed by a bull that Ares transformed into.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /wiki/index.php?title=Aphrodite&redirect=no (2726 words)

	Greek Mythology: APHRODITE Goddess of Love, Beuty, Pleasure, Sex, Joy (aka Afrodite Afrodita Venus) w/ Pictures
		According to the cosmogonic views of the nature of Aphrodite, she was the personification of the generative powers of nature, and the mother of all living beings.
		Aphrodite possessed a magic girdle which had the power of inspiring love and desire for those who wore it; hence it was borrowed by Hera when she wished to stimulate the love of Zeus.
		In ancient art, in which Aphrodité is one of the favourite subjects, she is represented in a higher or lower aspect, according as the artist's aim was to exhibit Urania or the popular goddess of love.
	www.theoi.com /Olympios/Aphrodite.html (3319 words)

	Aphrodite
		Aphrodite could not be contained in a single relationship, though, and spread her favors liberally among divine and mortal males.
		Ares and Aphrodite were the laughingstock of heaven then, naked and damp, their limbs entangled in each other's and in the golden web that held them.
		As for Adonis, it was said that Aphrodite fell in love with his youthful beauty and hid him in a chest that she gave to Persephone for safekeeping.
	www.hranajanto.com /goddessgallery/aphrodite.html (722 words)

	Biography
		According to Homer, Aphrodite is known as the daughter of Zeus and Dione.
		Aphrodite hatched and was later refered to as the Syrian Goddess.
		Aphrodite is prominent in many myths and is most famous for her role in the Judgement of Paris.
	www.angelfire.com /tx5/aphrodite/bio.html (349 words)

	Aphrodite - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		Aphrodite Pandemos is often separated from Aphrodite Urania by having Pandemos represent the physical, earthy aspect of the passions.
		Though Aphrodite has had affairs with both Ares and Hermes, it is the lame God of the Forge to whom she is married.
		Aphrodite Urania is the name given to Aphrodite, referring to her emergence from the severed genitals of Uranus, which was thrown into the sea, explaining her association with sea-foam.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Humanities/Aphrodite-4543.html (935 words)

	Ancient Greek Religion: CULT OF APHRODITE 1
		"On the summit of the Akrokorinthos [the acropolis of Korinthos] is a temple of Aphrodite.
		After this is the sanctuary of Aphrodite, into which enter only a female verger, who after her appointment may not have intercourse with a man, and a virgin, called the Loutrophoros (Bath-bearer), holding her sacred office for a year.
		At the latter is a wooden image of Aphrodite, and at the west entrance one of Ares.
	www.theoi.com /Cult/AphroditeCult.html (2887 words)

	Aphrodite - MSN Encarta
		Aphrodite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of love and beauty and the counterpart of the Roman goddess Venus.
		Paris declared Aphrodite the fairest and chose as his prize Helen of Troy, the wife of the Greek king Menelaus.
		Probably of Near Eastern origin, Aphrodite was identified in early Greek religious belief with the Phoenician goddess Astarte and was known under a variety of cult titles, including Aphrodite Urania, queen of the heavens, and Aphrodite Pandemos, goddess of the whole people.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761565489/Aphrodite.html (214 words)

	Aphrodite / Venus
		Aphrodite had a festival of her own, Aphrodisiac, which was celebrated all over Greece but particularly in Athens and Corinth.
		In Homer, Aphrodite, venturing into battle to protect her favorite Aeneas, has been wounded by Diomedes and returns to her mother, to sink down at her knee and be comforted.
		Aphrodite's chief center of worship remained at Paphos, close to the Syrian coast, where the goddess of desire had long been worshipped as Ishtar and Ashtaroth.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Aphrodite.html (2381 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 110 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A son of Alcanor, and twin-brother of Bitias, was one of the companions of Aeneas, and slain by Turntis.
		In this respect she was worshipped at Athens along with Peitho (persuasion), and her worship was said to have been instituted by Theseus at the time when he united the scattered townships into one great body of citizens.
		A son of Erichthonjus, the king of Athens, by the Naiad Pasithea, was married to Zeuxippe, by whom he became the father of Procne and Philomela, and of the twins Erechtheus and Butes.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2444.html (864 words)

	Aphrodite
		There were actually two different Aphrodites, one was the daughter of Uranus, the other the daughter of Zeus and Dione.
		The second, Aphrodite Pandemos, was the goddess of physical attraction.
		Aphrodite mourned her lost love, and a flower grew from nectar she sprinkled on his blood.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/mythology/aphrodite.html&INPUT_STRING=mythology&SEARCH_TYPE=phrase&USER_LEVEL=mid&edu=high (329 words)

	Aphrodite and Eros
		Hesiod's Aphrodite is a force of nature, just as Eros is pretty much equal to biological drive; Homer's Aphrodite is a beautiful, playful, and at times scheming goddess, one of the Olympians and a daughter of Zeus.
		Aphrodite Urania might be seen as more a philosophical concept -- a way to name the biological urge, the force of one person being strongly drawn towards another (even when such attraction seems silly or potentially destructive).
		Aphrodite is generally shown as the ideal of woman as object of desire.
	staff.jccc.net /bnorcott/M&Lchapters/seven.htm (1519 words)

	Arrows - Myth & Culture: Aphrodite Pandemos - Love in Service of the City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The truth is Pandemos had nothing to do with prostitution in Athens; she was a goddess of the city whose main service was the unification and harmony of the citizens.
		According to Pausanias’ the Pandemos cult on the slope of the Acropolis was part of the original complex, establishing its antiquity and relationship to the founding of the city.
		The cult of Pandemos represented the unity and harmony of all the Attic demes (villages) in the establishment of the Athenian polis.
	www.mythandculture.com /weblog/2005/01/aphrodite-pandemos-love-in-service-of.html (1011 words)

	Aphrodite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		According to Hesiod, the origin of Aphrodite began when the castrated genitals of Uranus (father of the Gods) were thrown into the ocean by his son, Cronos.
		Aphrodite came to be known by two distinct aspects; Aphrodite Urania, goddess of heaven, and Aphrodite Pandemos, goddess of all the people.
		Her attributes are the falling rain and dew (uniting heaven and earth), the dove, the morning light of dawn, the planet Venus, the amorous goat, the swan, the playful dolphin, roses, crescent moon, and pomegranate.
	www.altarimagestudio.com /Content/Aphrodite.html (324 words)

	Aphr_txts_im.html
		Ovid tells how Aphrodite (Venus in his version) was enraged with the women of Cyprus because they dared to deny her divinity; in her wrath, the goddess caused to be the first women to prostitute themselves, and as they lost all their of shame it was easy to turn them into stone.
		This double tradition of Aphrodite's birth suggested a basic duality in her character or the existence of two separate goddesses of love: A Urania or Celestial Aphrodite, sprung from Uranus alone, and Aphrodite Pandemos (Aphrodite of All the People).
		Aphrodite Pandemos is the goddess of heterosexual love, marriage and the procreation of offspring.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /MCL/Classics/Aphr/Aphr_txts_im.html (1606 words)

	indproj
		Being that Aphrodite was the goddess of love, the reputation she gained was based upon her liberated sexuality.
		Aphrodite, being the goddess of love, seldomly used her power to spread love, rather she would use it to hurt others who had done wrong by her.
		Aphrodite and Hera were by far two of the most beautiful and powerful goddesses of Greek mythology.
	personal.monm.edu /lmccann/indproj.htm (2053 words)

	Aphrodite - Crystalinks
		In Corinth, intercourse with her priestesses was considered a method of worshipping Aphrodite.Aphrodite was associated with, and often depicted with dolphins, doves, swans, pomegranates and lime trees.
		According to Plato these two manifestations represented her role in homosexuality and heterosexuality, respectively (homosexuality being more divine for Plato).Alternatively, Aphrodite was a daughter of Thalassa (for she was born of the Sea) and Zeus.
		Zephyrus did not pick them and they fell to their deaths at the base of the mountain.Psyche searched for her lover across much of Greece, finally stumbling into a temple to Demeter, where the floor was covered with piles of mixed grains.
	www.crystalinks.com /aphrodite.html (2576 words)

	Aphrodite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Castration of Uranus and the Birth of Aphrodite
		Aphrodite presented to Hesphaestus three children - Phobus, Deimus, and Harmonia but she deceived him for the true father was Ares.
		Aphrodite did not suggest she travel with him but instead waited until her husband departed and called for Ares to be with her.After a night of enjoying each others company in the thralls of passion they awoke to find that they had been snared and entangled in the net placed by Hephaistos.
	olympuslives.www3.50megs.com /aphrodite.htm (5446 words)

	Different Aspects of Aphrodite (September 2002 - #72)
		In the previous section, you read that Aphrodite was one of the most important goddesses in Greek Mythology (although many sources state that she was not important due to the already existing importance of sex and love in past cultures.
		Aphrodite's role in Xena was not much in the beginning, but the relationship between Gabrielle and her, makes a very special connection to Xena.
		Aphrodite's jealousy entangles Hercules and Cupid in a plot to marry off a mortal female whose beauty is drawing attention away from Aphrodite.
	www.whoosh.org /issue72/benson3.html (2016 words)

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