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Aphrodite. (left) Capitoline Venus after Aphrodite of Cnidus, 2 nd century AD (right) Medici Venus. Birth. Aphrodite Urania Aphrodite Pandemos Pan= all Demos= the people. Aphrodite/Venus. Realm: beauty, love, pleasure, procreation Animal: dove Plant: apple, myrtle
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Aphrodite (left) Capitoline Venus after Aphrodite of Cnidus, 2nd century AD (right) Medici Venus
Birth • Aphrodite Urania • Aphrodite Pandemos • Pan= all • Demos= the people
Aphrodite/Venus • Realm: beauty, love, pleasure, procreation • Animal: dove • Plant: apple, myrtle • Symbols: shell, mirror • Epithet: • Sacred Places: Cythera, Cypress • Depiction: beautiful woman, nude, Eros Venus de Milo, 2nd century BC
The Graces/Charites The Three Graces, Roman fresco from PompeiiC1st A.D Three Graces, Borghese Collection, The Louvre
Astarte • Astarte is the Greek name of the Mesopotamian Semitic goddess Ishtar • Fertility, sexuality, war • Lion, horse, sphinx • Came to Greece via Cyprus and Cythera
Priapus Phallic tintinnabula (windchime) The god Priapus,, Roman fresco from PompeiiC1st A.D
Pygmalion and Galatea Left- The Hand Refrains. The Pygmalion Series. Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 1868-70.; right- The Godhead Fires. The Pygmalion Series. Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 1868-70
Pygmalion and Galatea. Jean-Leon Gerome. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Adonis Birth of Adonis from Myrrha. Pygmalion-Galatea | Paphos | Cinyras | Myrrha Venus and Adonis. Veronese.
Dying God Archetype • Virgin mother, unusual birth • Tree involved • Descent into earth • Scapegoat • Young male figure of fertility • Rebirth
Adonis The Death of Adonis, Rodin, 1888
Cybele and AttisTaurobolium Terracotta antefixes from Ostia with depictions of the Magna Mater on the ship. Roman Imperial Attis wearing a Phrygian cap and performing a cult dance Cybele enthroned, with lion,cornucopia and Mural crown. Roman marble, c. 50 CE. Getty Museum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2UJiZkLjs
Cybele/Magna Mater • Galli • Eunuchs • In Rome • Magna Mater • Second Punic War (218-201BC) • Claudia Quinta • Temple on Palatine hill • Holy Week
Aphrodite and Anchises Venus and Anchises, Farnese Palace
Eros Amor Vincit Omnia, Caravaggio, 1601
Cupid and Psyche Cupid and Psyche, David, 1817