ID: 901000612 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000612	Record Type: Character/Person

	Aphrodite (Greek deity)

Note: Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. Aphrodite is also known as Cytherea (Lady of Cythera) and Cypris (Lady of Cyprus) after the two cult sites, Cythera and Cyprus, which claimed to be her place of birth.

Names:

	Aphrodite (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Aφροδίτη (Greek deity) (Greek,U,N)
	Afrodite (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Afrodita (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Afrodito (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Афрадыта (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Afrūdīt (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	أفروديت (Greek deity) (Arabic,U,N)
	阿佛洛狄忒 (Greek deity) (Chinese,U,N)
	아프로디테 (Greek deity) (Korean,U,N)
	אפרודיטה (Greek deity) (Hebrew,U,N)
	アプロディーテー (Greek deity) (Japanese,U,N)
	Afoluodite (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Afrodiṭah (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Cytherea (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Cypris (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Cerigo (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Acidalia (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Kypris (Greek deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Aphrodite (Greek deity) (P)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Judgment of Paris
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Judgment of Paris (Greco-Roman narrative)) [901000636]

	counterpart is .... Venus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Venus (Roman deity)) [901001064]

	counterpart is .... Atargatis
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Atargatis (Syrian deity)) [901002386]

	is protagonist for .... Story of Aphrodite
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Story of Aphrodite (Greek narrative)) [901001827]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... love (emotion)
	.....(positive emotions, emotion, psychological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... beauty
	.....(aesthetic concepts, philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	originated in .... Term Not Found
	..... ULAN Candidate

	originated in .... Cyprus
	.....(Asia) (TGN)

Sources:

	Aphrodite (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014047558
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
	Aφροδίτη (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Afrodite (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Afrodita (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Afrodito (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Афрадыта (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Afrūdīt (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Afradyta (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	أفروديت (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	阿佛洛狄忒 (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	아프로디테 (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	אפרודיטה (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	アプロディーテー (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Afoluodite (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Afrodiṭah (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Cytherea (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Cypris (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Cerigo (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Acidalia (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Kypris (Greek deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite#/media/File:NAMA_Aphrodite_Syracuse.jpg
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)