In December 2010, which country unveiled a new passport design with a picture of a nude Aphrodite on it that raised many eyebrows? (hint: where was Aphrodite born?)
"characteristic of Greek ""obvious from the Macedonians"". The cult of Aphrodite in Greece was imported from, or at least influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia, which, in turn, was influenced by the cult of the Mesopotamian goddess known as ""Ishtar"" to the East Semitic peoples and as ""Inanna"" to the Sumerians. Pausanias states that the first to establish a cult of Aphrodite were the Assyrians, after the Assyrians, the Paphians of Cyprus, and then the Phoenicians at Ascalon. The Phoenicians, in turn, taught her worship to the people of Cythera. Aphrodite took on Inanna-Ishtar's associations with sexuality and"
"ever appeared in this film. Aphrodite, the Garden of the Perfumes Aphrodite, the Garden of the Perfumes () is a 1998 Argentine - Mali drama film directed and written by Argentine director Pablo César. The film based on the Ancient Greek god Aphrodite is an independent film production filmed in Mali. All of the actors are from Mali and only ever appeared in this film. The film was produced by an Argentine production team. Based on the vision of Hesiod, in the classic Teogonía, the film begins in the city of Citrea when Cronos, the younger son of Uranus, cuts"
"Aphrodite, the Garden of the Perfumes Aphrodite, the Garden of the Perfumes () is a 1998 Argentine - Mali drama film directed and written by Argentine director Pablo César. The film based on the Ancient Greek god Aphrodite is an independent film production filmed in Mali. All of the actors are from Mali and only ever appeared in this film. The film was produced by an Argentine production team. Based on the vision of Hesiod, in the classic Teogonía, the film begins in the city of Citrea when Cronos, the younger son of Uranus, cuts off the genitals of his"
"to write, direct and produce ""Rainbow Bridge"", an independent film about the intersecting lives of two women who find themselves navigating the challenging legal and emotional landscape of reproductive rights in the United States today. Alexandra Tydings Alexandra Huntingdon Tydings (born December 15, 1972) is an American actress, director, writer, producer, and activist, best known for her role as Greek goddess Aphrodite on the television series """" and its spin-off, ""."" Alexandra Tydings was born on December 15, 1972, in Washington, D.C. She has four sisters and one brother, and is the daughter of former Maryland senator Joseph Tydings and"
"Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos The Temple of Aphrodite Euploia was a sanctuary in ancient Knidos dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. It was a famous pilgrimage, known for hosting the famous statue of Aphrodite of Knidos. The sanctuary was dedicated to the goddess under her name ""Aphrodite Euploia"" or 'Aphrodite of the Fair Voyage', which was her name in her capacity of a sea goddess, an aspect very popular among sailors. It was a significant sanctuary, famous in the ancient world for hosting the first cult statue of the goddess depicated naked, which was sculptured by Praxiteles in 365 BC. As"
"Aphrodite of Knidos The Aphrodite of Knidos (or Cnidus) was an Ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess Aphrodite created by Praxiteles of Athens around the 4th century BCE. It is one of the first life-sized representations of the nude female form in Greek history, displaying an alternative idea to male heroic nudity. Praxiteles' Aphrodite is shown nude, reaching for a bath towel while covering her pubis, which, in turn leaves her breasts exposed. Up until this point, Greek sculpture had been dominated by male nude figures. The original Greek sculpture is no longer in existence; however, many Roman copies survive"
"Kouklia Kouklia ( ) is a village in the Paphos District, about from the city of Paphos on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The village is built in the area of ""Palaepaphos"" (Old Paphos), mythical birthplace of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love and beauty, which became the centre for her worship in the ancient world. Recent archaeology has been continuing on the site since 2006, and remains of the ancient city and the sanctuary can be seen today. From around 1200 BC, Palaepaphos was a major religious centre famous all over Cyprus, but also throughout the Mediterranean. Nevertheless it also"
"its spectacular ancient remains, and was selected as a European Capital of Culture for 2017, along with Aarhus. In the founding myth, even the town's name is linked to the goddess, as the eponymous Paphos was the son (or, in Ovid, daughter) of Pygmalion whose ivory cult image of Aphrodite was brought to life by the goddess as ""milk-white"" Galatea. The author of ""Bibliotheke"", the Hellenistic encyclopedia of myth long attributed to Apollodorus, gives the genealogy. Pygmalion was so devoted to the cult of Aphrodite that he removed the statue to his palace and kept it on his couch. The"
"fragment in question is not of the ""Knidia"", but of a different statue. As well as more or less faithful copies, the Aphrodite of Knidos also inspired various variations, which include: Aphrodite of Knidos The Aphrodite of Knidos (or Cnidus) was an Ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess Aphrodite created by Praxiteles of Athens around the 4th century BCE. It is one of the first life-sized representations of the nude female form in Greek history, displaying an alternative idea to male heroic nudity. Praxiteles' Aphrodite is shown nude, reaching for a bath towel while covering her pubis, which, in turn"
"Graecia in southern Italy. The throne shows Aphrodite rising from the sea, clad in a diaphanous garment, which is drenched with seawater and clinging to her body, revealing her upturned breasts and the outline of her navel. Her hair hangs dripping as she reaches to two attendants standing barefoot on the rocky shore on either side of her, lifting her out of the water. Scenes with Aphrodite appear in works of classical Greek pottery, including a famous white-ground ""kylix"" by the Pistoxenos Painter dating the between 470 and 460 BC, showing her riding on a swan or goose. In BC,"
"as her achievements during 2010, including her gold medal performance at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Lydia Lassila (née Ierodiaconou) was born 17 January 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. She is of Greek-Cypriot and Italian descent. Her mother is Italian and her father Cypriot. Lassila completed her primary schooling at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Primary School in Sunshine, Victoria, and completed her secondary education at Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne and Westbourne Grammar School. She completed a bachelor's degree in Applied Science (Human Movement) at RMIT University. She is married to Lauri Lassila, a Finnish former professional freestyle skier, whose"
"Aphrodite of Knidos established a canon for the proportions of the female nude, and inspired many copies to follow its lead, the best of which is considered to be the Colonna Knidia, which is in the Vatican's Pio-Clementine Museum. A Roman copy, it is not thought to match the polished beauty of the original, which was destroyed in a disastrous fire at Constantinople in AD 475. According to an account by Pliny the Elder, Praxiteles sculpted both a nude statue and a draped statue of Aphrodite. The city of Kos purchased the draped statue, because they felt the nude version"
"Aphrodite Hills Aphrodite Hills is a coastal resort in the Paphos district, Cyprus. It is named after the goddess Aphrodite and the resort is only one mile away from Aphrodite's Rock. The resort is built on two elevated plateaus divided by a natural ravine. The resort has many features of a Mediterranean town; Greco-Roman architecture dominates, locally quarried stone is used in buildings and the town square has a market, restaurants, souvenir shops, a chapel, fragrant gardens, splashing fountains and an art gallery. The resort also has a spa, golf course, and leisure facilities. Nearly all landscaping vegetation and development"
"""Unholy"", and ""Tymborychos"" ""Gravedigger"", all of which indicate her darker, more violent nature. A male version of Aphrodite known as Aphroditus was worshipped in the city of Amathus on Cyprus. Aphroditus was depicted with the figure and dress of a woman, but had a beard, and was shown lifting his dress to reveal an erect phallus. This gesture was believed to be an apotropaic symbol, and was thought to convey good fortune upon the viewer. Eventually, the popularity of Aphroditus waned as the mainstream, fully feminine version of Aphrodite became more popular, but traces of his cult are preserved in"
"Venus Tauride The Venus Tauride or Venus of Tauris is a 1.67 m high sculpture of Aphrodite. It is named after the Tauride (Tavrichesky) Palace in St Petersburg, where it was kept from the end of the eighteenth century until the mid-nineteenth. It is now in the Hermitage Museum. It shows the goddess rising from her bath (with a column on the right on the piece, to her left-hand side, with her towel or clothing draped over it). It lost both arms in antiquity and her nose has been restored, but is otherwise complete (including an elaborate ancient hairstyle popular"
"Aphroditus Aphroditus ( ""Aphroditos"") was a male Aphrodite originating from Amathus on the island of Cyprus and celebrated in Athens in a transvestite rite. Aphroditus was portrayed as having a female shape and clothing like Aphrodite's but also a phallus, and hence, a male name. This deity would have arrived in Athens from Cyprus in the 4th century BC. In the 5th century BC, however, there existed hermae of Aphroditus, or phallic statues with a female head. According to Macrobius, who mentions the goddess in his ""Saturnalia"", Philochorus, in his ""Atthis"" (referred to by Macrobius), identifies this male-female god with"
"Aphroditus Aphroditus ( ""Aphroditos"") was a male Aphrodite originating from Amathus on the island of Cyprus and celebrated in Athens in a transvestite rite. Aphroditus was portrayed as having a female shape and clothing like Aphrodite's but also a phallus, and hence, a male name. This deity would have arrived in Athens from Cyprus in the 4th century BC. In the 5th century BC, however, there existed hermae of Aphroditus, or phallic statues with a female head. According to Macrobius, who mentions the goddess in his ""Saturnalia"", Philochorus, in his ""Atthis"" (referred to by Macrobius), identifies this male-female god with"
"do not express the idea. Aphrodite Urania was represented in Greek art on a swan, a tortoise or a globe. Aphrodite Urania Aphrodite Urania () was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, signifying ""heavenly"" or ""spiritual"", to distinguish her from her more earthly aspect of Aphrodite Pandemos, ""Aphrodite for all the people"". The two were used (mostly in literature) to differentiate the more ""celestial"" love of body and soul from purely physical lust. Plato represented her as a daughter of the Greek god Uranus, conceived and born without a mother. According to Hesiod, she was born from the severed"
"Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli. Pausanias wrote: If still in use by the 4th-century, it would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. The sanctuary was excavated by Iris C. Love in 1970. At the site, Love found the marble base and fragments of the statue of Aphrodite by Praxiteles. Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos The Temple of Aphrodite Euploia was a sanctuary in ancient Knidos dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. It was a famous pilgrimage, known for hosting the famous statue of Aphrodite of Knidos. The sanctuary was dedicated to the goddess under her"
"appears in the studio to impart life to Galatea. In physical terms, the painting shows little difference between the two women: the same, unattainable facial expression; the marble colouring; the Amazonian stature. Ironically, their interlaced arms and Aphrodite's penetrating gaze emulate the intertwined women, so despised by Pygmalion, in ""The Heart Desires"". Aphrodite is identified by the presence of doves and roses – symbols commonly linked with the goddess – and the water at her feet, reminiscent of her birth, fully formed, from the sea. This also represents Galatea's birth, fully formed, as a woman. In a scene that is"
"interested gentiles who attached themselves to the Jewish community, supporting and perhaps frequenting the synagogue. The geographical spread of the evidence suggests this was a widespread phenomenon in Asia Minor during the Roman period. A frieze discovered in 1980 showing a bare breasted and helmeted female warrior labelled writhing in agony under the knee of a Roman soldier with to the left and below the inscription is assumed to depict Britain subjugated by Rome. The cult image that is particular to Aphrodisias, the ""Aphrodite of Aphrodisias"", doubtless was once housed in the Temple of Aphrodite. She was a distinctive local"
"Aphrodisia The Aphrodisia festival (Ancient Greek: 'Αφροδίσια) was an annual festival held in Ancient Greece in honor of the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Πάνδημος). It took place in several Ancient Greek towns, but was especially important in Attica and on the island of Cyprus, where Aphrodite was celebrated with a magnificent celebration. The festival occurred during the month of Hekatombaion, which modern scholars recognize as starting from the third week in July to the third week of August on the Gregorian calendar . Aphrodite was worshipped in most towns of Cyprus, as well as in"
"which dates back to 1867–1870, used harsher tones, darker colours and less fluid lines – as may be seen in the Gallery below. This second version, despite being painted in oils, has the sheen and soft tones of chalk. The story tells of Pygmalion, a sculptor of Cyprus, the birthplace of Aphrodite. It was first related in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"", although by the time of this series, William Morris had written his own version of the story. Pygmalion is seen here in his studio, pondering his lonely life, having chosen to remain celibate in disgust at what he saw as the"
"Ariadne Aphrodite. Paeon of Amathus, quoted by Theophrastus, who said that the Cypriot goddess could take the shape of a man. Macrobius describes the statue of Venus in Cyprus as being bearded and having male genitals, but clad in female dress and holding a scepter. Aristophanes knew of the existence of this androgynous deity called Aphroditos. Hesychius confirmed that Aphroditos was a hermaphrodite. Paeon of Amathus Paeon of Amathus was an early Hellenistic historian from Amathus on the Island of Cyprus, mentioned in the writings of Plutarch and the lexicographer Hesychius of Alexandria. Plutarch recounts a story he attributes to"
"Aphrodite (DC Comics) Aphrodite is a character in DC Comics. She is based on the Greek deity of the same name. Aphrodite first appeared in ""All-Star Comics"" #8 and was adapted by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. Aphrodite is the Greek Olympian Goddess of Love, Beauty, Pleasure, and Sex. While fair, loving and at times mischievous, the goddess' interest in the desires of the heart, the spirit and the flesh lead her to be promiscuous, tumultuous, fickle and impulsive. In the Pre-Crisis, Aphrodite is one of the patron goddesses who gave life to the Amazons of Themyscira. She"
"Aphrodite Urania Aphrodite Urania () was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, signifying ""heavenly"" or ""spiritual"", to distinguish her from her more earthly aspect of Aphrodite Pandemos, ""Aphrodite for all the people"". The two were used (mostly in literature) to differentiate the more ""celestial"" love of body and soul from purely physical lust. Plato represented her as a daughter of the Greek god Uranus, conceived and born without a mother. According to Hesiod, she was born from the severed genitals of Uranus and emerged from the sea foam. Wine was not used in the libations offered to her. According"
"about the pillaging of cultural artifacts from the country and other controversies, was forced to return 40 artifacts, including a 5th-century BC statue of the goddess Aphrodite, which was looted from Morgantina, an ancient Greek settlement in Sicily. The Getty acquired the statue in 1988 for $18 million USD from an anonymous collector fully aware about the controversy focusing on the unclear provenance and origin. The Getty resisted the requests of the Italian government for nearly two decades, only to admit later that ""there might be 'problems' attached to the acquisition."" In 2006, Italian senior cultural official Giuseppe Proietti said:"
"of Aphrodite. The original sculpture has been lost, but written descriptions of it as well several depictions of it on coins are still extant and over sixty copies, small-scale models, and fragments of it have been identified. The Greek painter Apelles of Kos, a contemporary of Praxiteles, produced the panel painting ""Aphrodite Anadyomene"" (""Aphrodite Rising from the Sea""). According to Athenaeus, Apelles was inspired to paint the painting after watching the courtesan Phryne take off her clothes, untie her hair, and bathe naked in the sea at Eleusis. The painting was displayed in the Asclepeion on the island of Kos."
"an entirely nude woman was the ""Aphrodite of Cnidus"" created ca. 360–340 BCE by Praxiteles. The female nude became much more common in the later Hellenistic period. Rarely seen during the Middle Ages, the female nude reappeared in Italy in the 15th century. Subsequently, eroticism became more emphatic in paintings such as Giorgione's ""Sleeping Venus"" (ca. 1510), which situated the reclining nude in an idyllic landscape, and Titian's ""Danaë"" series (ca. 1553–1556). These works inspired countless reclining female nudes for centuries afterwards. The annual glut of paintings of idealized nude women in the 19th-century Paris Salon was satirized by Honoré"
"a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at high. Part of an arm and the original plinth were lost following its discovery. It is currently on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The statue is named after the Greek island of Milos, where it was discovered. The Aphrodite of Milos is ""widely renowned"" for the mystery of her missing arms. There is a filled hole below her right breast that originally contained a ""metal tenon"" that would have supported the separately carved right arm. It is generally asserted that the Aphrodite of Milos was discovered on 8"
"Aphrodisias Aphrodisias (; ) was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Anatolia, Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about east/inland from the coast of the Aegean Sea, and southeast of İzmir. Aphrodisias was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the ""Aphrodite of Aphrodisias"". According to the Suda, a Byzantine encyclopedic compilation, before the city became known as Aphrodisias (c.3rd century BCE) it had three previous names: ""Lelégōn Pólis"" (Λελέγων πόλις, ""City of the Leleges""), ""Megálē Pólis"" (Μεγάλη Πόλις, ""Great"
"beauty than the exemplar). It was ceded by Pope Clement XI to Peter I in Rome in 1718, after protracted diplomatic negotiations, and (on its arrival in Russia two years later) was the first classical sculpture to be seen in that country. Venus Tauride The Venus Tauride or Venus of Tauris is a 1.67 m high sculpture of Aphrodite. It is named after the Tauride (Tavrichesky) Palace in St Petersburg, where it was kept from the end of the eighteenth century until the mid-nineteenth. It is now in the Hermitage Museum. It shows the goddess rising from her bath (with"
"Satala Aphrodite Satala Aphrodite is the name given to the larger than life-size head of an ancient Hellenistic statue discovered in Satala (historical Armenia Minor, in present-day village of Sadak, Gümüşhane Province, Turkey). It was acquired by the British Museum in 1873 and is on display in the museum's Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Whether it depicts Greek Aphrodite or her Armenian equivalent Anahit is debated. It is usually dated around the 2nd−1st centuries BC. In 1872, a man digging his field near the village of Sadak, in what was once the ancient Roman fortress of Satala, on the"