Aphrodite

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Greek goddess Olympian deity mythological character

Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, desire, and fertility, central to many myths and widely venerated throughout the Greek world.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Aphrodite Pandemos	2
Venus (mythology)	2
Aphrodite (in some traditions as a daughter of Zeus)	1
Aphrodite (in some traditions)	1
Aphrodite Areia	1
Aphrodite Euploia	1
Aphrodite Genetyllis	1
Aphrodite Ourania	1
Aphrodite Urania	1
Roman goddess Venus	1
goddess Venus	1
Ἀφροδίτη	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek goddess ⓘ Olympian deity ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
alternativeOrigin	born from sea foam around the severed genitals of Uranus ⓘ
associatedPlace	Cythera ⓘ Knidos ⓘ Paphos ⓘ
associatedWith	marriage ⓘ procreation ⓘ sexuality ⓘ
child	Aeneas ⓘ Deimos ⓘ Cupid ⓘ surface form: Eros Harmonia ⓘ Hermaphroditus ⓘ Phobos (Fear) ⓘ surface form: Phobos Priapus ⓘ The Three Graces ⓘ surface form: The Graces
cultType	mystery cults ⓘ state cults ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
depictedAs	beautiful young woman ⓘ
depictedWith	Cupid ⓘ surface form: Eros doves ⓘ sea shell ⓘ
domain	beauty ⓘ desire ⓘ fertility ⓘ love ⓘ
epithet	Aphrodite Anadyomene ⓘ Aphrodite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aphrodite Areia Aphrodite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aphrodite Euploia Aphrodite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aphrodite Genetyllis Aphrodite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aphrodite Ourania Aphrodite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aphrodite Pandemos Aphrodite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Aphrodite Urania
equivalentTo	Aphrodite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roman goddess Venus
featuredInWork	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ Hymn to Aphrodite ⓘ surface form: Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite
festival	Aphrodisia ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
greekName	Aphrodite self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ἀφροδίτη
influenced	Hellenistic art ⓘ Renaissance art ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
lover	Adonis ⓘ Anchises ⓘ Ares ⓘ
myth	Aphrodite Anadyomene ⓘ surface form: Birth of Aphrodite judgment of Paris ⓘ surface form: Judgement of Paris Love of Aphrodite and Adonis ⓘ Trojan War ⓘ
notableCultImage	Aphrodite of Knidos ⓘ Venus de Milo ⓘ
parent	Dione ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
patronOf	courtesans ⓘ married women ⓘ sailors ⓘ
residence	Mount Olympus ⓘ
sacredAnimal	dove ⓘ
sacredPlant	myrtle ⓘ rose ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	fertility of humans ⓘ fertility of nature ⓘ human relationships ⓘ physical attraction ⓘ
spouse	Hephaestus ⓘ
symbol	dove ⓘ girdle ⓘ mirror ⓘ myrtle ⓘ rose ⓘ scallop shell ⓘ sparrow ⓘ swan ⓘ
worshipCenter	Athens ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Cythera ⓘ Sparta ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dione → associatedWith → Aphrodite ⓘ

Hermaphroditus → associatedWith → Aphrodite ⓘ

Ares → consort → Aphrodite ⓘ

Poseidon → consort → Aphrodite ⓘ

Homeric Hymns → containsHymnTo → Aphrodite ⓘ

Hellenistic religion → corePantheonIncludes → Aphrodite ⓘ

Naxos (Sicily) → dedicatedSanctuaryTo → Aphrodite ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aphrodite Pandemos

Temple of Venus and Roma → dedicatedTo → Aphrodite ⓘ

this entity surface form: goddess Venus

Venus de Milo → depicts → Aphrodite ⓘ