Hymn to Aphrodite

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Hymn to Aphrodite is an ancient Greek religious poem traditionally attributed to Homer that narrates the goddess Aphrodite’s seduction of the mortal Anchises and explores themes of divine power and human vulnerability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Homeric Hymn
ancient Greek poem
hexameter poem
religious hymn
associatedDeity Aphrodite
surface form: Aphrodite Ourania

Aphrodite
surface form: Aphrodite Pandemos
attributedTo Homer
centuryOfComposition 7th century BCE
character Aeneas
explores humiliation of a goddess by a god
power of sexual desire
tension between divine immortality and human mortality
featuresDeity Aphrodite
Artemis
Athena
Hermes
Hestia
Zeus
genre didactic hymn
narrative hymn
influenced later Greek and Roman literature about Aeneas
language Ancient Greek
literaryTradition Epic tradition
mainCharacter Anchises
Aphrodite
meter dactylic hexameter
narrates seduction of Anchises by Aphrodite
originalMedium oral performance
partOf Homeric Hymns
placeOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: ancient Greece
plotPoint Aphrodite disguises herself as a mortal maiden
Aphrodite foretells the birth of Aeneas
Aphrodite reveals her divinity to Anchises
Zeus causes Aphrodite to desire Anchises
positionInCollection Homeric Hymns
surface form: Homeric Hymn 5
probableDateRange 7th–6th century BCE
religiousTradition ancient Greek religion
setting Mount Ida
Troy
survivesAs part of a manuscript tradition of Homeric Hymns
theme divine power
eros
human vulnerability
limits of divine influence
mortality
relations between gods and mortals
traditionalAuthor Homer

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Homeric Hymns majorHymn Hymn to Aphrodite
Aphrodite featuredInWork Hymn to Aphrodite
this entity surface form: Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite
Sappho notableWork Hymn to Aphrodite
this entity surface form: Ode to Aphrodite
Anchises appearsIn Hymn to Aphrodite
this entity surface form: Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite