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Definition of Aphrodite
1. Noun. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus.
Definition of Aphrodite
1. n. The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
Definition of Aphrodite
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The goddess of beauty and love,''Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001 born when Cronus castrated Uranus and threw his genitalia into the sea.''Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology'', Arthur Cotterell, Oxford University Press, 1986 ¹
2. Noun. (minerology) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aphrodite
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Medical Definition of Aphrodite
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1. The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphrodite
Literary usage of Aphrodite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"A certain Assyrian king, the tale runs, had a daughter named Smyrna (or Myrrha),
whom, because of her continued disdain for aphrodite, the goddess in anger ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"A certain Assyrian king, the tale runs, had a daughter named Smyrna (or Myrrha),
whom, because of her continued disdain for aphrodite, the goddess in anger ..."
3. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1896)
"PACE the swine-god, Robertson Smith's and Frazer's theories discussed, 644— 647 ;
Adonis-worship at Athens, 648, 649 ; aphrodite originally an earth- ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The function of aphrodite as the patroness of courtesans represents the most ...
This has been supposed to point to a confusion between aphrodite and Hebe, ..."
5. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"aphrodite hid him in a chest and entrusted him to Persephone, but when the latter
had beheld his beauty, she refused to surrender him, whereupon the two ..."
6. Naukratis by Ernest Arthur Gardner, Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1888)
"And having sacrificed to the goddess, and dedicated the image to aphrodite, he
called his friends and relations to a banquet in the temple itself, ..."
7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1842)
"OF the fair Queen of Cyprus, tell me, muse, Th' all golden aphrodite and her
doings ; She sweet ... Nor could the laughter-loving aphrodite In quiet homes, ..."
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