Aphrodite

Argimpasa

The Olympian goddess of love. The Scythians call her Argimpasa.

Genealogy

Dione

Zeus

Aeacus, Aethlius, Aglaia, Amphion, Apollo, Arcas, Ares, Argus, Artemis, Asopus, Ate, Athena, Atropus, Atymnius, Calliope, Castor, Clio, Clotho, Corinthus, Dardanus, Dike, Dionysus, Eirene, Endymion, Epaphus, Erato, Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Euterpe, Hebe, Helen, Hellen, Hephaestus, Hercules, Hermes, Iasion, Ilithyia, Lacedaemon, Lachesis, Megarus, Melpomene, Minos, Pan, Pelasgus, Persephone, Perseus, Pollux, Polymnia, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Targitaüs, Terpsichore, Thalia, Thalia, Tityus, Urania, Zethus

Aeneas, Harmonia, Lyrus, Tyche

Group

Olympians

Places
  1. Acropolis
  2. Ascalon
  3. Athens
  4. Cyprus
  5. Cytheria
  6. Dardania
  7. Ida
  8. Kallikolone
  9. Lemnos
  10. Lilybaeum
  11. Mount Olympus
  12. Nowhere
  13. Sea
  14. Sparta
  15. Troy
  16. Unknown
Events
  1. Aphrodite is born
  2. Aphrodite curses the Lemnian women with a bad smell
  3. Butes is saved from the Sirens by Aphrodite
  4. Aphrodite settles Butes on Lilybaeum
  5. Aphrodite gives Melanion golden apples
  6. Hera, Aphrodite and Athena compete for the title of most beautiful
  7. Hera promises a kingdom to Paris, Athena promises victory in war, Aphrodite promises Helen
  8. Paris declares Aphrodite the most beautiful and sails to Sparta
  9. Diomedes wounds Aphrodite
  10. Aphrodite helps Aeneas in combat
  11. Aphrodite and Anchises have sex
  12. Aphrodite gives birth to Aeneas
  13. Orsedice, Laogore, and Braesia, induced by Aphrodite’s wrath to become prostitutes, have sex with foreigners
  14. Aphrodite gives Adonis to Persephone to care for
  15. Persephone refuses to give Adonis back to Aphrodite
  16. Zeus divides Adonis’s year by thirds
  17. Adonis chooses to live two-thirds of the year with Aphrodite
  18. Hephaestus falls in love with Athena after being refused by Aphrodite
  19. Paris and Menelaus fight for possession of Helen
  20. Aphrodite saves Paris’ life by intervening in his fight with Menelaus
  21. Aphrodite disguises herself as an old woman
  22. Aphrodite asks Helen to visit Paris in his rooms
  23. Helen berates Aphrodite
  24. Aphrodite threatens to abandon Helen to her fate
  25. Aphrodite protects the wounded Aeneas by covering him with her robe and bearing him out of the fight
  26. Diomedes attacks and wounds Aphrodite
  27. Aphrodite drops Aeneas, but Apollo catches and obscures him in a cloud of darkness
  28. Aphrodite seeks help from Ares to return her to Mount Olympus to nurse her wounds
  29. Aphrodite tells Dione that Diomedes attacked her and shows her the wound
  30. Dione reassures Aphrodite and heals her wound
  31. Zeus commands Aphrodite to stay out of warfare and occupy herself with her matrimonial duties
  32. Hera receives love charms from Aphrodite
  33. Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Leto, Scamander, and Aphrodite join the Trojan troops in battle
  34. Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Leto, Scamander, and Aphrodite withdraw from battle to Kallikolone Hill
  35. Athena attacks Aphrodite
  36. Aphrodite protects Hector’s body from dogs and decay with ambrosial oil
  37. Conon builds a sanctuary of Aphrodite
  38. Aegeus establishes the Athenian cult of Aphrodite
  39. The Assyrians establish the cult of Aphrodite
  40. The Paphians of Cyprus establish the cult of Aphrodite
  41. The Phoenicians of Ascalon establish the cult of Aphrodite
  42. The Phoenicians teach the worship of Aphrodite to the people of Cytheria
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.3
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.4
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.17
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.25
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.2
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.2
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.2
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.3
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.4
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.6
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.2
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.1
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 4.2
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 820
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 58
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 369
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 395
  19. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 414
  20. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 421
  21. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 1
  22. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 121
  23. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 239
  24. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 297
  25. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 330
  26. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 335
  27. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 352
  28. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 363
  29. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 375
  30. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 416
  31. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 426
  32. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 443
  33. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 733
  34. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 814
  35. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 864
  36. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 385
  37. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 183
  38. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 193
  39. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 211
  40. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 224
  41. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 282
  42. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 31
  43. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 103
  44. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 199
  45. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 415
  46. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 424
  47. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 22, Section 460
  48. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 184
  49. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 26
  50. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 699
  51. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 1.3
  52. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 1.5
  53. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 3.1
  54. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 8.4
  55. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 14.7
  56. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 19.2
  57. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 22.3
  58. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 27.3
  59. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 34.3
  60. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 37.7
  61. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 40.6
  62. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 43.6
  63. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 44.9
  64. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 1.8
  65. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.3
  66. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.4
  67. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 2.8
  68. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 4.6
  69. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 5.1
  70. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 10.4
  71. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 11.8
  72. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 19.6
  73. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 20.8
  74. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.8
  75. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.1
  76. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 27.5
  77. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 29.1
  78. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 29.6
  79. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.3
  80. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.6
  81. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 32.7
  82. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 34.11
  83. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 34.12
  84. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 37.2
  85. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 38.1
  86. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.11
  87. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.2
  88. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.9
  89. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 15.10
  90. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 15.22
  91. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.8
  92. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 19.4
  93. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 22.1
  94. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 23.1
  95. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 25.9
  96. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 14.2
  97. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 30.5
  98. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 31.6
  99. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 11.8
  100. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 13.7
  101. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 15.3
  102. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 15.6
  103. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.3
  104. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 17.4
  105. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 18.3
  106. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 18.5
  107. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.5
  108. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 26.2
  109. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 20.6
  110. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 24.7
  111. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 25.1
  112. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 26.5
  113. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 20.9
  114. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.10
  115. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 21.11
  116. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 23.2
  117. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 24.2
  118. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.9
  119. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 5.2
  120. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 6.5
  121. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 9.6
  122. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 12.9
  123. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 13.2
  124. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 24.6
  125. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 28.6
  126. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.5
  127. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 31.6
  128. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 32.2
  129. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 32.3
  130. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 37.12
  131. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 41.10
  132. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 48.1
  133. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 53.7
  134. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 5.2
  135. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 16.3
  136. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 22.1
  137. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 27.2
  138. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 27.5
  139. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 31.2
  140. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 40.3
  141. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 41.2
  142. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 26.1
  143. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.1
  144. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 30.2
  145. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 38.9
  146. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 38.12
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