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Cytherea (other)
Cytherea refer to: * Cytherea, or Aphrodite, a goddess in Greek mythology Arts and entertainment * Cytherea (actress) (born 1981), an American pornographic film actress * Cytherea (film), ''Cytherea'' (film), a 1924 lost silent film based on the Joseph Hergesheimer novel * ''Cytherea, Goddess of Love'', a 1922 novel by Joseph Hergesheimer Biology * Cytherea (fly), ''Cytherea'' (fly), a genus of bee flies (Bombyliidae) * ''Cytherea chione'', or ''Callista chione'', the smooth clam * ''Cytherea multistriata'', or ''Notocallista multistriata'', a marine bivalve mollusc * ''Acropora cytherea'', a species of coral * ''Cytherea'', a synonym for the orchid genus ''Calypso (plant), Calypso'' See also * Cythera (other) * "Cytherean", a term referring to Cythera or Venus {{disambig, genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (, ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
