Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythology
Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, desire and beauty: birth from seafoam, attributes, major myths and ancient cult.
Eastern Mediterranean, the ancient Greek world
Greek mythology
Introduction to Greek mythology: the Olympian pantheon, ancient sources, heroes and major narrative cycles.
- Period
- 8th century BCE – 4th century CE
- Original languages
- Ancient Greek
- Main sources
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- Homer, Iliad and Odyssey
- Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days
- Attic tragedians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides)
- Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
- Ovid, Metamorphoses (Latin relay)
Gods & goddesses
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Ares, god of war in Greek mythology
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Artemis, goddess of the hunt and the wilderness
Artemis, virgin goddess of the hunt, the moon, and wild animals: attributes, birth, key myths and cult in Greek mythology.