![]() ![]() She was also the patron goddess of prostitutes, an association which led early scholars to propose the concept of " sacred prostitution" in Greco-Roman culture, an idea which is now generally seen as erroneous. In Laconia, Aphrodite was worshipped as a warrior goddess. Her main festival was the Aphrodisia, which was celebrated annually in midsummer. Aphrodite's main cult centers were Cythera, Cyprus, Corinth, and Athens. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna. Aphrodite's major symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess Venus. With Dionysus: Peitho, The Graces, Priapus,Īphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. ![]() With Ares: Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Pothos, Anteros, Himeros, In Theogony: Uranus's severed genitals and seafoam Īeacus, Angelos, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Eileithyia, Enyo, Eris, Ersa, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses, the Moirai, or the Titans, the Cyclopes, the Meliae, the Erinyes (Furies), the Giants, the Hekatonkheires Aphrodite Pudica (Roman copy of 2nd century AD), National Archaeological Museum, Athensĭolphin, Rose, Scallop Shell, Myrtle, Dove, Sparrow, Girdle, Mirror, Pearl and Swan ![]()
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