Aphrodisium Luzonicum
Aphrodisium or Aphrodision ( grc, Ἀφροδίσιον, link=no) may refer to: * anything of or related to Aphrodite, a Greek goddess * Aphrodisium, a sanctuary of Aphrodite in the modern Port-Vendres, Spain * Aphrodisium, the ancient port of Hippo Regius in Africa, now the Algerian city of Annaba * Aphrodisium, an ancient port, now the Tunisian city of Mahdia * Aphrodisium, an ancient city in Asia Minor, site of a battle won by Attalus I * Aphrodisium (Arcadia), a town in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Aphrodisium (Cyprus), a town in ancient Cyprus * Aphrodisium, a sacred grove near Psophis in Greece * ''Aphrodisium'' (beetle), genus of beetles See also * Aphrodisius Aphrodisius (french: Saint Aphrodise, Afrodise, Aphrodyse, Aphrodite) is a saint associated with the diocese of Béziers, in Languedoc, Southern France. According to Gregory of Tours, Aphrodisius was an Egyptian who was martyred in Languedoc alon ...

Aphrodite
Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. 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 main cult centers were Cythera, Cyprus, Corinth, and Athens. Her main festival was the Aphrodisia, which was celebrated annually in midsummer. In Laconia, Aphrodite was worshipped as a warrior goddess. 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 Hesiod's ''Theogony'', Aphrodite is born off the coast of Cythera from the foam (, ) ...
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