CLAS 1P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Myrrh, Cinyras, Aglaea
26 Feb 2016
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Not the goddess of love, that"s eros. Has ties with mesopotamian goddesses, inanna, ishtar and phoenician astarte and lilith. Roman: venus, attraction, fertility, more of a goddess of love. Lucretius, called on venus to make a force in nature. Symbols: aphrodite"s chariot, sparrows, doves, prolific birds- birds become a symbol for sex in ancient literature. Aphrodite ourania: two versions of a. plato 9in his symposium) wanted to distinguish between aphrodite pandemos: common aphrodite, goddess of lust, and sex. Corinth- ritual prostitutions, a rite of passage cult, moving on from maiden to women. Armed aphrodite, aphrodite seen with a shield isn"t warlike in greece, it"s more satirical because you could use a shield as a mirror. Love as a battle , romans have a similar concept. Love and war: similar because both have strong passions. Another landing site after a"s birth (was either kythera or cyprus) Hesiod"s myth portrays a as scary- she has the characteristics of her father- scary.
