Article: Aphrodite's temple at Knidos. (Turkey)

Dictionary definition: Aphrodite
A Dictionary of World Mythology;      700+ words ...Aphrodite Europe The Greek goddess of love. Unlike ... Venus, with whom she was identified, Aphrodite was not only a deity of sexual love but ... was nurtured, whom the Greeks called Aphrodite, ‘she who came from the foam ...

Article: Travel: In search of... mighty Aphrodite The Greek goddess ...
The Independent - London;  August 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Aphrodite is mighty on Cyprus. Well, you can ... the cultural tourist. Thank God for Aphrodite. According to both Ovid and Homer ... this was the right direction if I wanted Aphrodite's Baths. Already my mind was racing ...

Article: 'Aphrodite's Springtime Gift'
Post-Tribune (IN);  March 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION "Aphrodite's Springtime Gift," a Greek myth ... ago, the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, cast a spell upon a young woman who ... Adonis. The boy instantly charmed Aphrodite, for he was a beautiful child. At first ...

Article: Aphrodite of the future. (the lack of a modern and ...
Artforum International;  April 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... this spirit that Watney calls for an "Aphrodite of the future"--as a vehicle enabling ... excavated from the Bronze Age shrine of Aphrodite at Palaepaphos, on the south coast of ... the phallus clearly being a symbol of Aphrodite as a fertility deity, the salt most ...

Article: Aphrodite Turns Heads at NYC Exhibit
AP Online;  October 23, 2003 ;     592 words ... ... 23-2003 Dateline: NEW YORK A nude torso of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, went on public ... With her classic figure and glowing patina, "Aphrodite Anadyomene," or Aphrodite emerging from the sea, literally came out of ...

Article: Waterborne again Brooklin Boat Yard takes on task of completely ...
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  August 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Aphrodite spent some of its best years cruising ... restoration at the boatyard. The work on Aphrodite is just one of the major projects at ... smaller workshop, and, right next to Aphrodite, another crew is finishing up on a new ...

Article: TAS: Aphrodite lives, say albatross race organisers
AAP General News (Australia);  May 28, 2004 ;     489 words ... ... News (Australia) 05-28-2004 TAS: Aphrodite lives, say albatross race organisers ... Race today declared runaway favourite Aphrodite was alive - a fortnight after it appeared ... hands of fishermen in the Indian Ocean. Aphrodite is among 18 shy albatrosses which left ...