CLASSICS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anchises, Attis, Myrrh
3 Oct 2013
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She is depicted as both young and old. First two are of her personality & the last 2 is where she came from: She is the eldest of all gods despite her appearance. Has no power over the three virgin goddess. Came from ouranos"s member that fell in the ocea so she is from ourania (location) or. Pandemos: daughter of zeus and dione and god of fertility, sex and procreation. Eastern greek cities had her temples as a brothel. She is irresistible she has the raw power of making everybody fall in love. Was originally rendered fully clothes but eventually semi-nude to depict her as a tease She talked about aphrodite"s love towards other woman in her poems. The word lesbian comes from this island"s name (lesbos) A sculpture of aphrodite which in the greek original shows her as not surprised by somebody walking in on her while half naked but seem to be naughtily smiling at them.
