Aphrodite (or Venus to the Romans) is thought to have been born near Paphos, on the island of Cyprus. According to Greek myth, Uranus and Gaia had a son named Cronus. The parents fought and Gaia ...

Exactly how Aphrodite came into being is a reflection of that complexity to which Paul referred. One story has her as the offspring of Zeus and Dione; a more popular tale is that she arose out of the ...

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Perched on the southwest coast of Paphos, this captivating city is steeped in legend and bathed in Mediterranean light. Believed to be the birthplace of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, it’s a ...

The word “goddess” may bring to mind the image of a strawberry-haired Aphrodite, the goddess of love and fertility, emerging from the sea on an ivory seashell. Or perhaps valiantly beautiful warriors ...

An ancient temple used by cult followers of a Greek goddess has been found in western Turkey. The team found a piece of a statue depicting a woman and a figure of a terracotta female head in the ...