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File:Anquises y Afrodita - Afrodisias.jpg requires you to add "Carlos Delgado; CC-BY-SA" to the caption.- I have modified the tags of File:Ares e Afrodite.JPG, File:Judgement Paris Antioch Louvre Ma3443.jpg, File:Pygmalion (Raoux).jpg, File:Genrich Ippolitovich Semiradsky - Roma, 1889.jpg, File:Aphrodite Anadyomene from Pompeii cropped.jpg, File:Aphrodite Heyl (2).jpg, File:Othea's Epistle (Queen's Manuscript) 07.jpg, File:TITIAN - Venus Anadyomene (National Galleries of Scotland, c. 1520. Oil on canvas, 75.8 x 57.6 cm).jpg, File:Tiziano - Venere di Urbino - Google Art Project.jpg, File:Angelo Bronzino - Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time - National Gallery, London.jpg, File:The Birth of Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1879).jpg, File:1848 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Venus Anadyomène.jpg, File:Venus and Adonis. Francois Lemoyne.jpg, File:1863 Alexandre Cabanel - The Birth of Venus.jpg, File:Cornelis Holsteyn - Venus de dood van Adonis bewenend 1638-58.jpg, File:RokebyVenus.jpg, File:Peter Paul Rubens, The Death of Adonis, ca. 1614. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.jpg, File:Peter Paul Rubens - The toilet of Venus.jpg, File:Venus, Adonis y Cupido (Carracci).jpg, File:Venus and Adonis by Titian.jpg. None of these edits were substantial, mostly I simply added "-1923" to the "PD-old-100".
- I have added the words "Carlos Delgado; CC-BY-SA" to the caption as you have requested. --Katolophyromai (talk) 15:50, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Prose Suggestions[edit]
myrtle, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. Is myrtle plural?an idea which is now generally seen as erroneous. suggest changing idea to theory.both of which claimed to be her place of birth. suggest due to the fact that both locations claimed to be the place of her birth.Early classical scholars attempted to argue that Aphrodite's name was of Greek does this mean early modern scholars who talk about the classical period, or scholars of the early classical time period? If the first, suggestEarly scholars of classical mythology attempted to argue that Aphrodite's name was of Greek- See also: Category:Epithets of Aphrodite Suggest you add |Epithets of Aphrodite]] to Category:Epithets of Aphrodite on the see also.
- That does not work because it is part of a "See also" template and I do not know how to pipe a link in one of those; the usual method does not work. --Katolophyromai (talk) 15:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
part of the Arrhephoria festival. suggest change to part of their Arrhephoria feast, as article indicates that it was best called a feast rather than a festival.
- If you read the rest of the article, it later describes the Arrephoria as a "festival" and several my sources describe it as a "festival" also, if I remember correctly. The words "feast" and "festival" are sometimes used interchangeably. Besides, the Arrephoria definitely involved celebrations other than just feasting. --Katolophyromai (talk) 15:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
Pseudo-Apollodorus later mentions "Metharme, daughter of Pygmalion, king of Cyprus". link Pseudo-Apollodorus.Consorts and children section suggest you add citations to all the people here.
I will take care of this last one later today when I have more time. --Katolophyromai (talk) 15:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)- I have now taken care of this. --Katolophyromai (talk) 21:47, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
which was probably originally part of a massive altar that was originally double usage of originally, suggest you switch the first originally to once.
- I removed the redundant word. --Katolophyromai (talk) 19:01, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
- That is all my comments, happy to pass when they have been addressed. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 18:51, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Iazyges: I believe I have now fully addressed all of your criticisms that you have offered here. --Katolophyromai (talk) 21:48, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
NSFW Content[edit]
I have detected some NSFW content. Should I delete them, or leave it?
Lomrjyo (talk) 00:52, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
- You are clearly new here. Per WP:UNCENSORED, the images can and should be kept. They are absolutely vital for a complete understanding of Aphrodite and to remove them would severely diminish the encyclopedic usefulness of the article. In any case, classical paintings and sculptures by renowned artists are hardly what a person would typically call pornography. In any case, the images used in this article are certainly nowhere close to being the most obscene images we have in our articles; the articles vulva and human penis both have up-close photographs of their respective genitalia used as their main images. --Katolophyromai (talk) 01:07, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
Discrepancies (parentage and epithets)[edit]
I found a couple of discrepancies on Aphrodite's parentage and epithets.
1. Aphrodite was the daughter of Zeus and Dione according to Pseudo-Apollodorus (Bibliotheca, 1.3.1). Homer (Iliad, book V, line 370) does not specifically mention Zeus as the father. The link should be corrected.
2. The article says that Aphrodite "was also known as Cytherea (Lady of Cythera) and Cypris (Lady of Cyprus)". I don't know where "Cypris" is coming from. I suspect it comes from Homer (Iliad, book V, line 330) which is where I see the first reference to Aphrodite with such name in the Iliad.
Hesiod (Theogony, lines 196-199) says that Gods and men call her Aphrodite (foam-arisen), Cytherea (“because she reached Cythera”) as well as Cyprogeneses (“because she was born in billowy Cyprus”). This source and the additional epithet should be added to the article.
ICE77 (talk) 21:14, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- @ICE77: Please read my response to your comment above. The Iliad does identify Zeus as Aphrodite's father in Book Twenty, line 105. The passage from Pseudo-Apollodorus that you keep referring to is relying on the Iliad. --Katolophyromai (talk) 21:28, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
1. In line with the comments I wrote above for the Parentage entry from MelancholyPanda, I guess we now have the missing line that state Zeus is the father of Aphrodite (not available until I pointed it out).
ICE77 (talk) 22:14, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Intro: un-cited statements contradicted by linked wikipedia entry[edit]
"She was also the patron goddess of prostitutes, an association which led early scholars to propose the concept of "sacred prostitution", an idea which is now generally seen as erroneous."
No source given, wikipedia article about "sacred prostitution" seems to indicate that scholars still agree that sacred prostitution was a real practice... does this sentence indicate that the link between the cult of Aphrodite and sacred prostitution was erroneous, or that the general historical practice of sacred prostitution did not exist? Also, citation needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.19.187.217 (talk) 17:09, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- @216.19.187.217: Per the usual interpretation of WP:CITELEAD implemented in recent Featured Articles, the lead is supposed to be an uncited summary of the rest of the article. All statements in the lead are supported by more in-depth passages in the body of the article itself, which are supported by reliable sources. The statement you are describing is, in fact, cited, but the citations are in the main paragraph about sacred prostitution, which is the last paragraph of the subsection "Classical period" under "Worship." The article about sacred prostitution is outdated and needs to be updated. A large number of popular sources still, unfortunately, lend credence to the sacred prostitution myth, but the only evidence to support it is a single, ambiguous skolion by Pindar, which most scholars now believe to have been egregiously misinterpreted. --Katolophyromai (talk) 19:59, 21 June 2018 (UTC)
- There is only one sentence at sacred prostitution that's relevant both to Aphrodite and to Greece, but there is a bit more at prostitution in ancient Greece, where Pindar is cited and Strabo is quoted at length (see also the talk page). There is other evidence about ancient sacred prostitution generally, at various places from Mesopotamia in the east to Sicily in the west. I guess a question here at Aphrodite is whether the relevance to Aphrodite of apparent sacred prostitution at Corinth, given the limited evidence, is sufficient to justify mentioning sacred prostitution in the lead. On the other hand, there's lots of evidence for the other half of the lead sentence, that Aphrodite was a patron goddess for prostitutes. Andrew Dalby 10:08, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
- It is a current attempt of certain Cypriot "historians" to change the status of their Goddess to one that conforms more to the current social "norms". Unfortunately for them, there are tens if not hundreds of peer-reviewed articles providing evidence for sexual prostitution as being part of Aphrodite worshiping; and there are none that provide evidence for the contrary. As a researcher on the cult of Aphrodite I could provide many citations but I see there are already many on this wikipedia page. Thus that sentence in the intro seems greatly out of place. I can't edit it out but I hope someone else does. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.207.112.64 (talk) 16:20, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- There is only one sentence at sacred prostitution that's relevant both to Aphrodite and to Greece, but there is a bit more at prostitution in ancient Greece, where Pindar is cited and Strabo is quoted at length (see also the talk page). There is other evidence about ancient sacred prostitution generally, at various places from Mesopotamia in the east to Sicily in the west. I guess a question here at Aphrodite is whether the relevance to Aphrodite of apparent sacred prostitution at Corinth, given the limited evidence, is sufficient to justify mentioning sacred prostitution in the lead. On the other hand, there's lots of evidence for the other half of the lead sentence, that Aphrodite was a patron goddess for prostitutes. Andrew Dalby 10:08, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
The additions on Aphrodite and Homosexuality[edit]
I'm concerned that some of the additions about Aphrodite and homosexuality represent original research and are improperly sourced to articles that don't support them. For instance:
According to the Symposium, Aphrodite Ourania is the inspiration of male homosexual desire, specifically the ephebic eros. Aphrodite Pandemos, by contrast, is the younger of the two goddesses: the common Aphrodite, born from the union of Zeus and Dione, and the inspiration of heterosexual desire, the "lesser" of the two loves.[1][2]
This claim is sourced to Plato's Symposium itself and to Richard Hunter's book on the Symposium. When I checked Hunter, he says nothing of the sort.
Similiarly, this section, recently added:
Aphrodite and gods in her retinue, such as the Erotes: Eros, Himeros and Pothos are sometimes considered patrons of homosexual love between males.[3][4] In the poetry of Sappho, Aphrodite is identified as the patron of lesbians.[3]
The first claim is sourced to Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, which, again, says nothing of the sort - the same reference is then used to say that Aphrodite is the patron of Lesbians, and again, it is not in the citation given. The only properly sourced claim here seems to be about Eros, not Aphrodite.
Unless an actual reliable source can be found saying "Aphrodite is the patron of Lesbains" (which assuredly does not exist), we need to remove these additions.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:22, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
- The latter addition was copypasted across from LGBT themes in mythology, so that page would have to be corrected as well. —VeryRarelyStable (talk) 23:28, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ Plato, Symposium 181a-d.
- ^ Richard L. Hunter, Plato's Symposium, Oxford University Press: 2004, p. 44
- ^ a b Conner, Randy P.; Sparks, David Hatfield; Sparks, Mariya (1998). Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit. UK: Cassell. p. 64. ISBN 0-304-70423-7.
- ^ Conner & Sparks (1998), p. 133
Listing as a "homosexuality and bisexuality goddess"[edit]
@VeryRarelyStable:, I don't think this category is warrented. All we have is a single reference in Plato to the idea that one of two Aphrodites is supposedly the goddess of pederasty. None of the rest of the article supports this notion, and scholars are fairly clear that this is Plato's own invention. Furthermore, the nature of the category suggests that Aphrodite is the goddess of homosexuality and bisexuality, which is quite obviously not true.--Ermenrich (talk) 22:25, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Ermenrich: If Aphrodite was not a goddess of same-gender attraction, then either
- some other god was
- this aspect of life was not considered to be under the jurisdiction of the gods
- or
- this aspect of life was not known to the Greeks
- —none of which, I put it to you, is the case. Unless we suggest that the Erotes were the other gods under the first possibility; but they clearly answer to Aphrodite.
- While Sappho's appeal to Aphrodite may not establish the latter as a "patron" of lesbianism, or whatever language you might use, it does clearly demonstrate that, when you felt attraction to a person of your own gender, it was Aphrodite you prayed to for help. (I don't recall whether Sappho is mentioned on the page after the most recent edits, but she should be.)
- If that's not what's meant by "goddess of homosexuality and bisexuality" – why the emphasis on "of"? – then I confess myself ignorant as to what is meant.
- —VeryRarelyStable (talk) 04:20, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- You prayed to Aphrodite for help if you felt opposite-sex attraction too. She was the goddess of love, not of some particular type of love.--Ermenrich (talk) 14:29, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- @VeryRarelyStable: your argument for inclusion, however reasonable, constitutes of course original research. Paul August ☎ 18:11, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- I agree with Ermenrich, the category is unwarrented. What we would need here are reliable secondary sources. Paul August ☎ 18:11, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- @VeryRarelyStable: I think you may be misunderstanding a few things a bit here. First of all, the relationship between a deity and their domain was not one-to-one. There were areas of human life that, at least as far as we know, had no specific deities to govern them. For instance, as far as I currently can recall, there were no Greek gods whose domain specifically included wild grasses and ferns, but grass is a pretty common element in most people's lives. Furthermore, multiple deities could be associated with the same thing. For instance, Aphrodite is associated with sexual desire, but so is Eros; their domains overlap.
- Second of all, as I have already mentioned in this edit summary, there has been a widespread consensus among scholars for at least several decades that the ancient Greeks had no concepts of people being "heterosexual," "bisexual," or "homosexual"; they only recognized there being heterosexual and homosexual acts—not heterosexual or homosexual people. Usually when we say "homosexuality" or "bisexuality" in English, we are talking about people being one or the other of those things. Therefore, labelling any Greek deity as a "god/goddess of bisexuality/homosexuality" would be an egregious mischaracterization. I hope this explanation is helpful. —Katolophyromai (talk) 04:17, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Katolophyromai: I think I understand both of these points pretty well. Paul August's point about original research, I must admit, is well-made.
- Starting with the second point, yes, I am well aware that the concept of sexual orientation is a modern one. However, the category in question does not refer to "homosexual and bisexual orientation", but more broadly to "homosexuality and bisexuality" – both words that can refer to acts as well as people.
- On the first point, I'm under no illusion that Greek deities had exclusive claims over their domains, as if they were something out of a role-playing game. But we wouldn't baulk at – for instance – categorizing Zeus as a "god of thunder" merely because he was, more broadly, a "god of weather". Sexual desire was Aphrodite's specialty; sexual desire included desire for one's own gender; ergo, Aphrodite was the god you would turn to, as Sappho instantiates, if you wanted divine help with your desire for a person of your own gender. Maybe second after Eros for some people, but she was closely linked, mythologically, to Eros.
- The reason I'm picking nits over this is that certain users, to judge by their contribs pages, appear to have taken it as their mission to systematically remove as many references to LGBT sexualities in historical pages as they can get away with. The relative acceptance of same-gender desire at least between men is a notable feature of ancient Greek culture, and I am concerned that it should not be under-represented, obviously while remaining within Wikipedia guidelines.
- —VeryRarelyStable (talk) 05:34, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- @VeryRarelyStable: Well, this issue is actually very complicated and it is important to note that the "relative acceptance" you speak of was actually highly conditional. This issue of ancient Greek views on homosexuality gets really complicated and I do not want to go into a full explanation here; I am currently writing an article about ancient Greek attitudes towards homosexuality on my website in which I plan to explain this issue in great depth. I do not know when I will finish that article, though, and it may be a while. In the meantime, I highly recommend the third and most recent edition of the book Greek Homosexuality by Kenneth Dover, published by Harvard University Press, which delves into the ways in which Greek acceptance of homosexual activity was actually somewhat limited. —Katolophyromai (talk) 06:31, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- Unless you can find reliable sources stating that Aphrodite is a goddess of homosexuality, the category is WP:OR and needs to be removed. As Katolophyromai explains, it is completely anachronistic to even describe homosexuality in ancient Greece. Aphrodite (and Eros, for that matter) were both simply love gods, not gods of homosexual love specifically. Sappho calls on her, but so does every other Greek poet in love. Is Cupid the god of heterosexuality because Ovid calls on him in the Amores? You're forcing a modern category on them.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:41, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Ermenrich: How do you suggest we correct the error without leaving the false impression, to readers from modern societies in which heterosexuality is the default, that Aphrodite was a goddess only of heterosexual love? —VeryRarelyStable (talk) 01:38, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- I'm not sure why anyone would think that, but listing her as a goddess of homosexuality makes as little sense as listing her as a goddess of heterosexuality. Perhaps @Katolophyromai: has some ideas for how to approach that particular issue, but in the meantime there is a clear consensus against including this category and I'm removing it.--Ermenrich (talk) 13:29, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- @Ermenrich: How do you suggest we correct the error without leaving the false impression, to readers from modern societies in which heterosexuality is the default, that Aphrodite was a goddess only of heterosexual love? —VeryRarelyStable (talk) 01:38, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
There should be a hyperlinked reference about the sanctuary that marks her birthplace[edit]
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Under the "Birth" section, after this sentence:
> Aphrodite is usually said to have been born near her chief center of worship, Paphos, on the island of Cyprus, which is why she is sometimes called "Cyprian", especially in the poetic works of Sappho.
I think it would be highly relevant to say this–and the sanctuary is not mentioned anywhere else in article:
> The Sanctuary of Aphrodite Paphia, marking her birthplace, and was a place of pilgrimages in the ancient world for centuries, and the ruins thereof can still be visited to this day.
And then start the next sentence without "However" and just say:
> Other versions of her myth ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite#Birth
InternetUser25 (talk) 02:12, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
- Done, minus unencyclopaedic language about "ruins thereof" (that information is available at the wikilink).—VeryRarelyStable (talk) 02:40, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
Identification with the planet Venus[edit]
Is this something that should be removed, or should it be expanded upon somewhere in the main body? As shown on the planet's page, the Greeks initially assumed Venus was two different stars; Phosphorus (the morning star), and Hesperus (the evening star). However, either Pythagoras or Parmenides had realized by the 500s BC that both were actually one object. I'm guessing that when the Romans colonized Greece, eventually they also must have realized that Venus was one object rather than two and gave it that name. And given the heavy syncretization between the Roman and Greek gods, the Romans must have called the planet Venus because the Greeks did too; calling it Aphrodite. Lastly, in Greek, we do refer to the planet as Aphrodite. In general, the whole things seems somehwat complicated. PanagiotisZois (talk) 16:20, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
Aphrodite in the Iliad[edit]
Is there more information on the portrayal of Aphrodite in the Iliad.GOC2020 (talk) 21:06, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Removed paragraph[edit]
Someone added this paragraph to the "Anger myths" section. It has some good information in it, but it is really poorly written and would take ages for me to clean up, which I don't have time for right now. It is written entirely in a sort of pseudo-archaic language and it has tons of grammar mistakes and words that are apparently missing. It is absurdly long and should really be broken in multiple paragraphs. For some reason half of it is randomly in italics. It had an "end blockquote" tag in it at one point (which I have removed here) but no "begin blockquote" tag. Part of it is apparently quoted from some source, but it is entirely unclear which source is being quoted. Here is the paragraph that I have removed:
Aphrodite who cursed goddess Eos to be perpetually in love and have an insatiable sexual desire because once had Eos lain with Aphrodite's sweetheart Ares, the god of war. [1] Propoetides had dared to deny Venus' [Aphrodite's] divinity. For that the goddess' rage, it's said, made them the first strumpets to prostitute their bodies' charms. As shame retreated and their cheeks grew hard, they turned with little change to stones of flint.[2] Cinyras's daughters Braesia, Laogora, Orsedice by reason of the wrath of Aphrodite cohabited with foreigners, and ended their life in Egypt.[3] Halia, a nymph who lived on an island that would later be named Rhodes after her only daughter, Rhodos (or Rhode). Halia was the daughter of Thalassa, sister of the Telchines, and mother of Rhodos and six sons by Poseidon. Shortly after Aphrodite’s birth, the goddess was traveling the oceans. When Halia’s young sons arrogantly refused to let Aphrodite land upon their shore, the goddess cursed them with insanity. In their madness, they raped Halia. As punishment, Poseidon buried them in the island’s sea-caverns.[4] Xanthius was a descendant of Bellerophon, and father of Leucippus and an unnamed daughter. Through the wrath of Aphrodite, Leucippus fell in love with his own sister. The passion turned out too strong for him to suppress, so he addressed his mother, imploring her to help him and threatening that he would kill himself if she didn't. She united the girl to Leucippus, and they consorted for a while. But the girl was already betrothed to another man, to whom someone reported the matter. The groom went on to inform Xanthius, without telling him the name of the seducer. Xanthius went straight to his daughter's chamber, where she was together with Leucippus right at the moment. On hearing him enter, she tried to escape, but Xanthius hit her with a dagger, thinking that he was slaying the seducer, and killed her. Leucippus, failing to recognize his father at first, slew him. When the truth was revealed, he had to leave the country and took part in colonization of Crete and the lands in Asia Minor. Later, he was loved by Leucophrye.[5] Adonis was the son of Myrrha, who was cursed by Aphrodite with insatiable lust for her own father, King Cinyras of Cyprus,[6][7][8] after Myrrha's mother bragged that her daughter was more beautiful than the goddess.[6][7] Driven out after becoming pregnant, Myrrha was changed into a myrrh tree, but still gave birth to Adonis.[6][9][10] Clio fell in love with Pierus, son of Magnes, in consequence of the wrath of Aphrodite, whom she had twitted with her love of Adonis; and having met him she bore him a son Hyacinth.[11] Despite Diomedes's noble treatment of her son Aeneas, Aphrodite never managed to forget about the Argive spear that had once pierced her flesh in the fields of Troy. She helped his wife Aegialia to obtain not one, but many lovers. (According to different traditions, Aegialeia was living in adultery with Hippolytus, Cometes or Cyllabarus.)[12] Aegialia, being helped by the Argives, prevented Diomedes from entering the city. Or else, if he ever entered Argos, he had to take sanctuary at the altar of Hera, and thence flee with his companions by night.[13] Cometes was shortly the king of Argos, in Diomedes' absence, but was quickly replaced by the rightful heir, Cyanippus, who was the son of Aegialeus.
I'm leaving this here just for future reference so it will be easy to find in case someone is willing to clean this up to make it readable and restore it to the article. —Katolophyromai (talk) 06:28, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
References
- ^ Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- ^ Ovid's Metamorphoses, book 10, English Translation
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 14. 3; 3. 9. 1 for Laodice
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 5.55.4–7
- ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 5
- ^ a b c Ovid, Metamorphoses X, 298–518
- ^ a b Kerényi 1951, p. 75.
- ^ Hansen 2004, p. 289.
- ^ Kerényi 1951, pp. 75–76.
- ^ Hansen 2004, pp. 289–290.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.3.3
- ^ Dictys Cretensis 6. 2; Tzetzes on Lycophron 609; Servius on Aeneid 8. 9.
- ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron 602
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change "Myrtles" to "myrtles" in the introductory paragraph (capitalization) Ayuskoto (talk) 23:00, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Done –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 02:01, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Afër-dita have a specific meaning in Albanian[edit]
Aphrodite translated in Albanian is Afrodite(come closer day) In the Albanian version "Afërdita" mean "near day" because Venus the star with which it was associated in ancient times, anticipated the sun and therefore the day was near. The word "aphrodisiac" comes from the root "afro" with the meaning of what brings, attracts or generates attraction. FrankoGjeli (talk) 01:33, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
Infobox image[edit]
Hello, I think this image is more suitable for the Infobox. What are your views. .💠245CMR💠.•👥📜 06:30, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
Lovers and Children table[edit]
Anchises with his son Aeneas (by Aphrodite) is missing. --95.116.186.201 (talk) 21:07, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
In the Orphic tradition, Dionysus and Aphrodite are the parents of Chthonic Hermes. (talk) 21:53 , 9 October 2021 (ATC)
A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion[edit]
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Aphrodite Had More Consorts Than Only Hephaestus[edit]
Hera was/is known as the Goddess of Legal Marriage. Venus was/is known as the Goddess of Love/Pleasure Marriage. Hephaestus, Mars, and Mercury are all prophesied as husbands of Venus. Mars and Mercury deserve to be added to the list of Aphrodite's consorts.
- You're mixing your Olympians with your Dii Consentes; they're equivalent but not the same, and should not be confused. I don't know what you mean when you claim that "Hephaestus, Mars, and Mercury are all prophesised as husbands of Venus" ?? If you want to add something to the article, please make sure it's well-sourced. And please don't forget to sign your posts. Haploidavey (talk) 04:43, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
"Kypris" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]
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Semi-protected edit request on 13 August 2022[edit]
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I would like to add an image of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite, as she is seen in contemporary art.
Randomactofflower (talk) 05:50, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
Not done: Randomactofflower, welcome to Wikipedia! I'm afraid that when discussing the addition of images to an article the current practice is that consensus is required and that an edit request isn't the right venue.
- To work on getting consensus, you would simply create a new section (the button
New section
next to the edit button will help you with this) on this page and explain why you believe the image should be included, and interested editors will in due time participate. If you have any questions regarding Wikipedia at all, I encourage you to head over to the Teahouse - a venue designed specifically to help new editors. You can also always come to my talk page, though I may not be as helpful as the Teahouse hosts. Happy editing! —Sirdog (talk) 09:01, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
quality of article[edit]
there are numerous spelling, grammatical, and typographical errors throughout. there are many unnecessary links, and many unlinked but important words and phrases. lots of the writing is convoluted and difficult to read. Henriio (talk) 10:56, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
Infobox image[edit]
![](http://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230328154514im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Aphrodite_Naples_Fr%C3%A9jus_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_Ma_335_%3B_MR_369_%3B_N_530.jpg/220px-Aphrodite_Naples_Fr%C3%A9jus_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_Ma_335_%3B_MR_369_%3B_N_530.jpg)
I beleave this image is a better image to be used as the main image at the top featured in the infobox. This image is a more popular image of Aphrodite, which has it's own Wikipedia page and is also used by Encyclopedia Britannica. For now the image will be used as a regular image in this articles page. Let me know your thoughts. RileyXeon (talk) 21:03, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
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