Akidalia, Akraia, Alilat, Amathousia, Ambologera, Anadyomene, Antheia, Apatouria, Aphakitis, Apotrophia, Arakunthia, Areia, Argynnis, Kallipugos, Knidia, Kolias, Kyprogeneia, Kuthereia, Despoina, Dionysia, Erukiane, Gamelia, Genetullia, Hekaerge, Idalia, Limeniatis, Mekhanitis, Melainis, Melinaea, Migonitis, Morpho, Nikephoros, Pandemos, Paphia, Peitho, Syria Dea, Ourania, Zephuritis, Zerynthia
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Epithets of Aphrodite
Acida’lia = refers to the well where she bathed with the Graces at Acidalius, Orchomenos
Acraea = “of the heights”, whose temple is on a hill
Alitta = syncretism: Arab world
Amathusia = temple seat at Amathus, Cyprus
Ambologera = “she who postpones old age” (Sparta)
Amyclaeus = (Amyclae, Laconia)
Anadyomene = “rising from the sea”
Androphonos = “killer of men”
Anosia = “unholy”
Antheia = “the blooming,” goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths
Apaturia, Apatouria, Apaturus = “the deceitful” (Taurian Chersonesus)
Aphacitis = temple seat of Aphaca, Coele-Syria
Aphroditus = depiction with a beard & lifting up the dress to show a phallus (Amathus, Cyprus)
Apostrophia = “averter of” unlawful desires
Apotrophia = “the expeller,” expelled sinful lust from the hearts of men (Thebes)
Aracynthias = possible temple seat at Mount Aracynthus?
Areia = “the warlike” or “of Ares” (Sparta)
Barbata = “bearded” (Rome)
Castinia = of Mount Castium, Pamphylia
Catascopia = “spying, peeping”
Cepoïs, En kopois = “of the gardens,” refers to her patronage over garden fertility (Athens)
Chrysea = “golden” (Lesbos)
Colias = (Colias, Attica)
Cypris, Cypria = (Cyprus)
Cythereia = (Cythera, Laconia)
Despoina = “our lady” or similar (Mycenaean Greece)
Dia = “divine, shining”
Dionaea, Dionaia = daughter of Dione
Dios Thugater = “daughter of Zeus”
Doritis = “bountiful”
Eleemon = “the merciful” (Cyprus)
Enoplios = “armed” (Sparta)
Epistrophia = “she who turns to” love
Epitragia = “from a she-goat” (Elis)
Erukine, Erycina = temple seat at Mount Eryx, Sicily (Rome)
Euploea = “fair voyage”
Eustephanus =“richly-crowned, well-girdled”
Gamelii = protector of marriage
Genetrix = mother of the Roman people (Rome)
Genetyllis = “mother” (Cape Colias), protector of births
Hecaerge = (Iulis, Cos)
Hera = “of Hera”, or of marriage
Hoplismena = “armed”
Ida’lia = (Idalion, Cyprus)
Kallipygos = “of the beautiful buttocks”
Knidia = statue made by Praxiteles at Cnidus, Caria
Kolias = statue at Colias
Kourotrophos = “protector of young people”
Limenia = “protector of the harbour” or “of the harbour”
Machanitis = “deviser, contriver”
Mechaneus = “skilled in invention”
Melainis = “black one” (Corinth)
Melinaea, Melinaia = (Meline, Argive)
Migontis = marital “union”
Migonitis = temple seat at Migonium, Laconia
Morpho = “shapely, fair-shaped” (Sparta)
Nikephoros, Nicephorus = “bringing victory”
Nymphia = “bridal”
Pandemos = “for all the folk,” goddess of sensual pleasure, common love, physical desire, courtesans, heterosexual desire
Paphia = temple seat at Paphos, Cyprus
Peitho = “persuasion”
Philommedes = “smile-loving,” sometimes translated as “laughter-loving”
Pontia = “of the sea”
Pothon Mater = “mother of desire”
Potnia = “mistress” (Sparta)
Psithyristes = “whispering”
Praxis = sexual “action”
Skotia = “dark one”
Surie theos = “the Syrian goddess”. syncretism: Astarte
Symmachia = “ally” in love
Tymborychos = “gravedigger”
Urania = “heavenly,” goddess of spiritual love, pedastry, homosexual desire
Venus = syncretism: Rome
Verticordia = “turner of hearts,” refers to her moving people from lust into chastity; worshipped by married women and young maidens (Rome)
Victrix = bringer of victory
Xenia = “of the foreigner”
Zerunthia = temple seat at Zerinthus, Thrace
Zephuritis = of Zephyrium, Egypt
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