"Aphrodite was seen as being a part of most of the major aspects of life," Paul said. "Of course she was the goddess of love, but she was also considered the protector of seafarers and soldiers, and ...

Aphrodite has long been characterized as the goddess of love. But a traveling exhibition devoted to the Greek idol – on view through July 9 at the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Getty Villa – is building on ...

In the ancient world, birth was not just the beginning of a human life - it was a sacred event believed to be touched by ...

Throughout Greek antiquity, Aphrodite was worshiped as the goddess of love and beauty, pleasure and fertility. Sculptors immortalized her beguiling sensuality in marble statues found on Mount Olympus.

Aphrodite is far more than just a simple love deity. This is the conclusion of Professor Bettany Hughes, who visited one of the proposed birthplaces of the deity — the coast of Paphos, Cyprus — in the ...

With stunning ancient artwork, Aphrodite and the Gods of Love explores the goddess' role as the protectress and her origins and relationships with men and gods, exposing a more manipulative and ...

Through the ages, Aphrodite's name has become synonymous with love, beauty and sex. But like most women — divine or not — the goddess was more complex than that. “Aphrodite and the Gods of Love,” an ...

Archaeologists have discovered two statue fragments of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, while excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeiopolis in Kastamonu's Taskopru district of Türkiye.

Aphrodite, known to the world as the Greek goddess of love and beauty, seems to have found her home in the Torf Gallery of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In an exhibit titled “Aphrodite and the Gods ...