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๐Ÿ‘ค Eros

  • <div data-attribute_names="{&quot;7140&quot;:{&quot;10801386&quot;:&quot;Pausanias&lt;span style=\&quot;font-style: italic;\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&quot;},&quot;11354&quot;:{&quot;11306421&quot;:&quot;Geography&quot;},&quot;7139&quot;:{&quot;8316567&quot;:&quot;Pausanias&quot;},&quot;11355&quot;:{&quot;11306417&quot;:&quot;Greek&quot;},&quot;11356&quot;:{&quot;11310589&quot;:&quot;Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)&quot;}}"><span title="Pausanias&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_10801386&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_8316567&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11310589&quot;]"><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="11188237" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_11188237">๐Ÿ›๏ธ the Temple of Aphrodite at Megara<q></q></span></span><span title="Pausanias&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" data-attribute_object_ids="[&quot;7140_10801386&quot;,&quot;11354_11306421&quot;,&quot;7139_8316567&quot;,&quot;11355_11306417&quot;,&quot;11356_11310589&quot;]"><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="11288895" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_11288895">๐Ÿ›๏ธ the Temple of Aphrodite at Corinth <q>on the Acrocorinth</q></span></span></div>
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    personification of love
    Son of
    ๐Ÿ‘ค Aphrodite Olympian goddess๐Ÿ‘ค Eileithyia goddess(es) of childbirth, daughter(s) of Zeus and Hera๐Ÿ‘ค Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god
    Cult sites
    ๐ŸŒ Thespiai (Boiotia) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Leuctra (Laconia) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Parion (Troad) โ€‚๐ŸŒ the Sanctuary of the Muses at Thespiai (Boiotia)โ€‚๐ŸŒ the Academy (Athens)
    Related Entities
    ๐Ÿ‘ค Adonis โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Aineias โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Alexander (Trojan) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Amymone โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Anchises (Trojan) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Andromeda โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Antiope (Theban) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Aphrodite โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Apollo โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Ares โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Ariadne โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ฅ the Charites โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Clymene (d. of Minyas) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ฅ the Corybantes โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Danae โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Demeter โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Dionysos (Olympian) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Eileithyia โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Endymion โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Europe (Phoinician & Cretan) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Eurydice (w. of Orpheus)โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Ge โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Iapetos โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Ouranos โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Poseidon โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Hades โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Rhea โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Zeus (Olympian) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Ganymedes (s. of Tros) โ€‚๐ŸŒ the Underworld โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Heracles โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Hermes โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Iole โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Orpheus โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Pan (god) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Helen โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Persephone โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Perseus (Argive) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Leda โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ฅ the Nereids โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Omphale โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Selene โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Semele โ€‚๐Ÿบ the Bow of Heracles โ€‚๐Ÿบ the Club of Heracles โ€‚๐Ÿบ the Horn of Amaltheiaโ€‚๐ŸŒ Sparta (Laconia) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Mount Ida (Troad) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Troy (Troad) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Sidon (Phoinicia) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Helios โ€‚๐ŸŒ Thrace (N. Greece) โ€‚๐ŸŒ the Land of the Ethiopians โ€‚๐ŸŒ Thebes (Boiotia) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Thespiai (Boiotia) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Mount Olympos (N. Greece) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Tartaros (personification) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Delos (island) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Mount Parnassos (Phocis) โ€‚๐Ÿบ the Lion Skin of Heracles โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Himeros (personification) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Chaos โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Tyche โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Peitho (personification) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Daphne (nymph) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Heracles (Dactyl) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Narcissos โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Phocos (Corinthian & Phocian) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Attis โ€‚๐ŸŒ Leuctra (Laconia) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Priapos โ€‚๐Ÿ›๏ธ the Gymnasium at Elisโ€‚๐ŸŒ Parion (Troad) โ€‚๐ŸŒ the Sanctuary of the Muses at Thespiai (Boiotia)โ€‚๐Ÿ›๏ธ the Spring of Narcissos (Boiotia) โ€‚๐ŸŒ the Academy (Athens) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Paregoros โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Pothos โ€‚๐Ÿบ the Crown of Ariadneโ€‚๐Ÿบ the Chariot of Hadesโ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Anteros โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Hermaphroditos โ€‚๐ŸŒ Mount Libanos (Syria) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Mount Tmaros (Epeiros) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Acontios (Cean) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Cydippe (Naxian) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Mount Rhodope (Thrace) โ€‚๐Ÿ›๏ธ Spring Cyane (Sicily)โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Hymenaios (s. of Apollo or Muse) โ€‚๐Ÿ›๏ธ the Cave at Tainaron (Tainaron) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Mount Eryx (Sicily) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Psyche โ€‚๐ŸŒ the Land of the Garamantes (Libya) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Lake Pergus (Sicily) โ€‚๐ŸŒ the Lakes of the Palici (Sicily) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Cyane (Sicilian) โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ฅ the Daughters of Acheloos โ€‚๐Ÿ‘ค Ameinias
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    ๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 3.26.5โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 9.31.3โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 2.5.1โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 5.11.8โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 6.23.5โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 7.26.8โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 1.30.1โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 1.43.6โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Euripides, Hippolytos 507-560โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 6.23.1-6.23.3โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Pausanias 9.27.1-9.27.5โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Hesiod, Theogony 116-122โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Hesiod, Theogony 188-206โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 3.1 MacLeodโ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 6.1 MacLeodโ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 10.3 MacLeodโ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 11.3 MacLeodโ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 19.1 MacLeodโ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 20.1 MacLeodโ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, Judgement of the Goddesses 13-16โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 67 Harderโ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, The Dance 38โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Lucian, A Conversation with Hesiod 1โ€‚๐Ÿ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 3.443โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.438-1.552โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.753-4.803โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Vergil, Eclogues 8โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Ovid, Amores 1.10โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Ovid, Amores 3.9โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.332-5.384โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.385-5.437โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.1-10.85โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.519-10.559โ€‚๐Ÿ“– Conon, Narrations 24
    Mentioned in Text
    Hesiod, Theogonyโ€‚Euripides, Hippolytosโ€‚Pausaniasโ€‚Callimachus, Aetiaโ€‚Lucian, Dialogues of the Godsโ€‚Lucian, Judgement of the Goddessesโ€‚Lucian, The Danceโ€‚Lucian, A Conversation with Hesiodโ€‚D-Scholia, Iliadโ€‚Ovid, Metamorphosesโ€‚Vergil, Ecloguesโ€‚Ovid, Amoresโ€‚Conon, Narrations
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    ๐ŸŒ Athens (Attica) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Cyprus (island) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Boiotia โ€‚๐ŸŒ Attica โ€‚๐ŸŒ Ephesos (Asia Minor) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Rome (Italy) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Metapontion (Italy) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Campania (Italy) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Apulia (Italy) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Lucania (Italy) โ€‚๐ŸŒ Pompeii (Campania) โ€‚Pausaniasโ€‚Hesiodโ€‚Euripidesโ€‚Olenโ€‚Callimachusโ€‚Lucianโ€‚D-Scholiaโ€‚Ovidโ€‚Vergilโ€‚Cononโ€‚Hesiod, Theogonyโ€‚Euripides, Hippolytosโ€‚Pausaniasโ€‚Olenโ€‚Callimachus, Aetiaโ€‚Lucian, Dialogues of the Godsโ€‚Lucian, Judgement of the Goddessesโ€‚Lucian, The Danceโ€‚Lucian, A Conversation with Hesiodโ€‚D-Scholia, Iliadโ€‚Ovid, Metamorphosesโ€‚Vergil, Ecloguesโ€‚Ovid, Amoresโ€‚Conon, Narrationsโ€‚Greekโ€‚Latinโ€‚Early Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)โ€‚Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)โ€‚Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)โ€‚Late Classical (ca. 400-330 BCE)โ€‚Early Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)โ€‚Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)โ€‚Late Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)โ€‚Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)โ€‚Late Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)โ€‚Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)โ€‚Protogeometric (ca. 1050-900 BCE)โ€‚Geographyโ€‚Mythography & Historiographyโ€‚Vesselโ€‚Lampโ€‚Freestanding sculptureโ€‚Wall or panel paintingโ€‚Funerary Containerโ€‚Mosaicโ€‚Epicโ€‚Tragedy & Satyrโ€‚Nicholson Collection, University of Sydneyโ€‚The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cityโ€‚Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli / National Archaeological Museum, Naplesโ€‚ฮœฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮตฮฏฮฟ ฮ ฮฑฯฮปฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฮน ฮ‘ฮปฮตฮพฮฌฮฝฮดฯฮฑฯ‚ ฮšฮฑฮฝฮตฮปฮปฮฟฯ€ฮฟฯฮปฮฟฯ… / Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum, Athensโ€‚ฮ•ฮธฮฝฮนฮบฯŒ ฮ‘ฯฯ‡ฮฑฮนฮฟฮปฮฟฮณฮนฮบฯŒ ฮœฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮตฮฏฮฟ / National Archaeological Museum, Athensโ€‚ฮœฮฟฯ…ฯƒฮตฮฏฮฟ ฮšฯ…ฮบฮปฮฑฮดฮนฮบฮฎฯ‚ ฮคฮญฯ‡ฮฝฮทฯ‚ / Museum of Cycladic Art, Athensโ€‚Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien / Art History Museum, Viennaโ€‚Queensland Museum Networkโ€‚Auckland University Classics Collectionโ€‚National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourneโ€‚๐ŸŽจ Roman Terracotta Statuette Group (CAMU ฮ” 1728)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Attic Red-figure Calyx Krater (CAMU ฮ” 179; Beazley 9034452)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Attic Red-Figure Krater (CAMU ฮ” 346)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Attic Red-Figure Lekythos (CAMU ฮ” 574)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Roman Marble Figurine (CAMU ฮ” 1643)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater (Cyclades ฮšฮ  26)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Attic Red-Figure Skyphos attributed to the Chrysis Painter (KHM IV 382; Beazley 7023; LIMC Antiope I 8)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Roman Terracotta Statuette Group (CAMU ฮ” 516)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Lucanian Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to the Ragusa Painter (Nicholson NM98.41; LIMC Amymone 50)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Campanian Terracotta Lamp (Nicholson NM94.74)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Lucanian Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to the Dolon Painter (Queensland H15474)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Cypriot Terracotta Lamp (Queensland H641)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Hellenistic or Roman Terracotta Statuette Group (Auckland 2013.40)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from House of Menander / Casa del Menandro I 10, 4, Pompeii (PALP r1-i10-p4-space-46)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Quattro Stili I 8, 17, Pompeii (PALP r1-i8-p17-space-9)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa degli Epigrammi V 1, 18, Pompeii (PALP r5-i1-p18-space-y)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa delle Nozze dโ€™Argento V 2, i, Pompeii (PALP r5-i2-pi-space-q)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-e)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa degli Amorini Dorati VI 16, 7.38, Pompeii (PALP r6-i16-p7-space-e)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa del Marinaio VII 15, 2, Pompeii (MANN 111479; PALP r7-i15-p2-space-zprime)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa dellโ€™Amore Punito VII 2, 23, Pompeii (MANN 9249; PALP r7-i2-p23-space-f)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa di Terentius Nero VII 2, 6, Pompeii (MANN 9195; PALP r7-i2-p6-space-g)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa della Parete Nera VII 4, 59, Pompeii (PALP r7-i4-p59-space-y)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 2, 19-21, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p21-space-d)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Mosaics from Private Dwelling IX 7, 16, Pompeii (PALP r9-i7-p16-space-3)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa dei Capitelli Colorati VII 4, 31.51, Pompeii (MANN 9052; PALP r7-i4-p31-space-33)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa del Marinaio VII 15, 2, Pompeii (PALP r7-i15-p2-space-t)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 47.100.4a-b; ASR XII. 2, no. 80, pl. 68, 1f.; 69-73)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall painting from Terrace House 2, Residential Unit 5, Ephesos (Room 18)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Boiotian Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to (imitator of) the Upsala Painter (NAM 27988)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall paintings from Terrace House 2, Residential Unit 1, Ephesos (Vault A)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall painting from Terrace House 2, Residential Unit 2, Ephesos (SR 18)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall painting from Room South-West of the Great Theatre, Ephesos (n/a)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from The Black Room in IX 10 , Pompeii (PALP r9-i10)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Pupius Rufus VI 5, 5, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p5-space-l)โ€‚๐ŸŽจ Apulian Red-Figure Oinochoe attributed to the Workshop of the White Saccos Painter (NGV D28-1979)โ€‚Lucianโ€‚Euripidesโ€‚Callimachusโ€‚Hesiodโ€‚Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention
    Depictions
    ๐Ÿ›๏ธ the Temple of Aphrodite at Megara๐Ÿ›๏ธ the Temple of Aphrodite at Corinth on the Acrocorinth
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