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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)
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)
"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)
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)
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@ 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)
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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 ...
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InternetUser25 ( talk) 02:12, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
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)
Is there more information on the portrayal of Aphrodite in the Iliad. GOC2020 ( talk) 21:06, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
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)
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change "Myrtles" to "myrtles" in the introductory paragraph (capitalization) Ayuskoto ( talk) 23:00, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
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)
Hello, I think this image is more suitable for the Infobox. What are your views. .💠245CMR💠.• 👥 📜 06:30, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
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)
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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.
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I would like to add an image of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite, as she is seen in contemporary art.
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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)
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)
In the "Anger myths" section, an internal link to Paris (city) should be changed to the Trojan prince, /info/en/?search=Paris_(mythology). Tartopohm ( talk) 04:42, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
Under the "Art" subheading, there is an incorrectly identified painting. Alexandre Cabanel's 1863 "Birth of Venus" is pictured, but it is subtitled "The Birth of Venus (c. 1485) by Sandro Botticelli". 2601:197:B7F:B7C0:1B0E:A186:FD70:A2B3 ( talk) 23:24, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
There is nothing extraordinary about it, @ Khirurg. It may be extraordinary to you. Unless you can prove that Illyrians and Ancient Greeks were not living literally next to each other for a very very long time and were living 20.000 miles away from each other (which you can't) this will stay. I attempted to remain as neutral as I could, using "has been proposed", "according to", "suggested by", etc. There is even no consensus on the origin of the name. I wonder why nobody else intervened me in the last 12 hours but it was you, again. Additionally, can you disprove one of several arguments that the author has explained well in his work and cited top-linguists like J. Matzinger? And about WP:CIVIL this [1] [2] [3] explains everything what needs to be said. AlexBachmann ( talk) 19:26, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
This is not very unlikely...That it's nor very unlikely is just your own conjecture . Athanassakis doesn't mention Aphrodite in his work. You literally just made it up that it's "not very unlikely". The third sentence is literal folk etymology that no one connects to Aphrodite. Khirurg ( talk) 19:49, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
there is no evidence whatsoever that Afrodita is not a recent creation in Albanian based on the similarity of "Aphrodite" with "afër ditë" how could this have happened? The Albanian name Afrodita/Afërdita is the native name for Venus, the morning and evening star, and in Albanian it is a phrase that makes complete sense. The ancient association with the planet Venus actually strengthens the semantic explanation provided by Dedvukaj (2023). As for the evidence, the name Prende is not attested in antiquity, on the other hand apro-dita, the exact Proto-Albanian form of modern Albanian afro dita, is attested in Messapic, the closest language to Albanian and either a sister or daughter language of Illyrian. – Βατο ( talk) 14:34, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
As tangible proof of the presence of the Phoenicians among the Encheleae and the southern Illyrians one must take into account numerous bronze axes of the so-called Albano-Dalmation (or Skadar) type which, by their similar-ity, could only be related to axes from the near East.". Have you actually read the paper? I think Dedvukaj's theory is the one that makes more sense in terms of historical linguistics and semantics. But if consensus is emerging for its exclusion from this article until more scholars discuss it, I'm ok with that. – Βατο ( talk) 20:44, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
the Scutari type to the Bronze Age and finds the ultimate origin of the Scutari and Albano – Dalmatian types of axe in the Far East.(cited in Hammond 1967). This opinion found no acceptance in archaeology outside Yugoslavia - just like many other theories of Garašanin, it was not supported in research by other schools of archaeology, died out and has been laid to rest for eternity by the Lazaridis-Reich (2022) study even from the perspective of genetic anthropology. Albano-Dalmatian axes derived from Cetina culture, Glasinac-Mati culture and similar Balkan Bronze Age cultures, but they have nothing to do with any population movement related to Anatolia or the Levante. From a genetic perspective, LBA Montenegro, IA Albania and specifically the Ohrid area share the same distinct Paleo-Balkan profile which doesn't have any links to Anatolia or the Levante. In general, as I read the paper I found many red flags which truly made me wonder about the peer review process in this journal. I wouldn't necessarily oppose its use to the extent that it's compared and contrasted with other sources, which in itself would probably lead to deciding to not use the source. It is interesting that Dedvukaj does acknowledge that there is a consensus
Importantly, Aphrodite's name is not attested in Mycenaean Greek. Boedeker (3) points out that this may indicate that the writers of Linear B did not know of Aphrodite during the Bronze Age but reminds us that knowledge of Mycenaean Greek is limited. For this reason, the present consensus is that Aphrodite may be derived from the Semitic name of the goddess Atoret/ Atarte (see Beekes 2016: 179). The association with the sky appears to signify the oldest tradition and hence its association with Phoenician Atartebut in proposing his own thesis (which is self-contradictory, but I won't go there), he never addresses the view which the author himself recognizes as the consensus.-- Maleschreiber ( talk) 22:56, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
I was curious about the spelling of her name in Ancient Greek. According to several search results it is Αφροδίτη, from Αφρός (foam), and really ‘Daughter of foam’, or ‘Foam-daughter’.
Should I edit the page, or are there standards someone will defend? I’d like to introduce this information like the page for Dionysius is at the moment. It would be my template.
I would be editing the first line of text and information further down. Is there a standard for one or more of these things? 8.46.93.108 ( talk) 09:20, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
There’s a page for Ares In Pop Culture, yet since there isn’t one for Aphrodite, should there instead be a section on this page? 67.8.168.231 ( talk) 21:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
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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)
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)
"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)
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)
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@ 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)
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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 ...
/info/en/?search=Aphrodite#Birth
InternetUser25 ( talk) 02:12, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
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)
Is there more information on the portrayal of Aphrodite in the Iliad. GOC2020 ( talk) 21:06, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
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)
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change "Myrtles" to "myrtles" in the introductory paragraph (capitalization) Ayuskoto ( talk) 23:00, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
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)
Hello, I think this image is more suitable for the Infobox. What are your views. .💠245CMR💠.• 👥 📜 06:30, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
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)
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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.
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I would like to add an image of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite, as she is seen in contemporary art.
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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)
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)
In the "Anger myths" section, an internal link to Paris (city) should be changed to the Trojan prince, /info/en/?search=Paris_(mythology). Tartopohm ( talk) 04:42, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
Under the "Art" subheading, there is an incorrectly identified painting. Alexandre Cabanel's 1863 "Birth of Venus" is pictured, but it is subtitled "The Birth of Venus (c. 1485) by Sandro Botticelli". 2601:197:B7F:B7C0:1B0E:A186:FD70:A2B3 ( talk) 23:24, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
There is nothing extraordinary about it, @ Khirurg. It may be extraordinary to you. Unless you can prove that Illyrians and Ancient Greeks were not living literally next to each other for a very very long time and were living 20.000 miles away from each other (which you can't) this will stay. I attempted to remain as neutral as I could, using "has been proposed", "according to", "suggested by", etc. There is even no consensus on the origin of the name. I wonder why nobody else intervened me in the last 12 hours but it was you, again. Additionally, can you disprove one of several arguments that the author has explained well in his work and cited top-linguists like J. Matzinger? And about WP:CIVIL this [1] [2] [3] explains everything what needs to be said. AlexBachmann ( talk) 19:26, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
This is not very unlikely...That it's nor very unlikely is just your own conjecture . Athanassakis doesn't mention Aphrodite in his work. You literally just made it up that it's "not very unlikely". The third sentence is literal folk etymology that no one connects to Aphrodite. Khirurg ( talk) 19:49, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
there is no evidence whatsoever that Afrodita is not a recent creation in Albanian based on the similarity of "Aphrodite" with "afër ditë" how could this have happened? The Albanian name Afrodita/Afërdita is the native name for Venus, the morning and evening star, and in Albanian it is a phrase that makes complete sense. The ancient association with the planet Venus actually strengthens the semantic explanation provided by Dedvukaj (2023). As for the evidence, the name Prende is not attested in antiquity, on the other hand apro-dita, the exact Proto-Albanian form of modern Albanian afro dita, is attested in Messapic, the closest language to Albanian and either a sister or daughter language of Illyrian. – Βατο ( talk) 14:34, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
As tangible proof of the presence of the Phoenicians among the Encheleae and the southern Illyrians one must take into account numerous bronze axes of the so-called Albano-Dalmation (or Skadar) type which, by their similar-ity, could only be related to axes from the near East.". Have you actually read the paper? I think Dedvukaj's theory is the one that makes more sense in terms of historical linguistics and semantics. But if consensus is emerging for its exclusion from this article until more scholars discuss it, I'm ok with that. – Βατο ( talk) 20:44, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
the Scutari type to the Bronze Age and finds the ultimate origin of the Scutari and Albano – Dalmatian types of axe in the Far East.(cited in Hammond 1967). This opinion found no acceptance in archaeology outside Yugoslavia - just like many other theories of Garašanin, it was not supported in research by other schools of archaeology, died out and has been laid to rest for eternity by the Lazaridis-Reich (2022) study even from the perspective of genetic anthropology. Albano-Dalmatian axes derived from Cetina culture, Glasinac-Mati culture and similar Balkan Bronze Age cultures, but they have nothing to do with any population movement related to Anatolia or the Levante. From a genetic perspective, LBA Montenegro, IA Albania and specifically the Ohrid area share the same distinct Paleo-Balkan profile which doesn't have any links to Anatolia or the Levante. In general, as I read the paper I found many red flags which truly made me wonder about the peer review process in this journal. I wouldn't necessarily oppose its use to the extent that it's compared and contrasted with other sources, which in itself would probably lead to deciding to not use the source. It is interesting that Dedvukaj does acknowledge that there is a consensus
Importantly, Aphrodite's name is not attested in Mycenaean Greek. Boedeker (3) points out that this may indicate that the writers of Linear B did not know of Aphrodite during the Bronze Age but reminds us that knowledge of Mycenaean Greek is limited. For this reason, the present consensus is that Aphrodite may be derived from the Semitic name of the goddess Atoret/ Atarte (see Beekes 2016: 179). The association with the sky appears to signify the oldest tradition and hence its association with Phoenician Atartebut in proposing his own thesis (which is self-contradictory, but I won't go there), he never addresses the view which the author himself recognizes as the consensus.-- Maleschreiber ( talk) 22:56, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
I was curious about the spelling of her name in Ancient Greek. According to several search results it is Αφροδίτη, from Αφρός (foam), and really ‘Daughter of foam’, or ‘Foam-daughter’.
Should I edit the page, or are there standards someone will defend? I’d like to introduce this information like the page for Dionysius is at the moment. It would be my template.
I would be editing the first line of text and information further down. Is there a standard for one or more of these things? 8.46.93.108 ( talk) 09:20, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
There’s a page for Ares In Pop Culture, yet since there isn’t one for Aphrodite, should there instead be a section on this page? 67.8.168.231 ( talk) 21:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
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Under the subheading "Art", in the first paragraph under the gallery, remove The Birth of Venus (1863) by Alexandre Cabanel 95.88.156.116 ( talk) 14:30, 23 April 2024 (UTC)