Aphrodite and Eros
Morford and Lenardon, Chapter 7
Aphrodite: Overview, Aphrodite
at Mythmedia, Images
and Texts
Eros: Overview, Eros at
Mythmedia
Aphrodite Urania and Aphrodite Pandemos
celestial goddess of pure and spiritual love
sacred daughter of Uranus
earthly goddess of physical attraction and procreation
profane daughter of Zeus and Dione
The Nature and Appearance of Aphrodite
Attendants of Aphrodite
Graces (Charites)
Hours or Seasons (Horae)
The Phallic Priapus
Click here for a photo of a modern Priapus (warning: adult image)
Pygmalion and Galatea
George Bernard Shaw
Lerner and Lowe's "My Fair Lady"
Aphrodite and Adonis
more images of Titian's "Venus and Adonis"
Cybele and Attis
Aphrodite and Anchises
Aeneas Carrying his Father Anchises out of burning Troy
Click on the image for a full screen copy.
Gianlorenzo Bernini
1598--1680
Narcissus and Echo
John William Waterhouse
1849-1917
Pyramis and Thisbe
Hondius, Abraham
Pyramis and Thisbe, c. 1660-65
Oil on canvas, 69 x 80,7 cm
Socrates' Speech in Plato's Symposium
Diotima
Cupid and Psyche
Jacques-Louis David
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Other
images of Cupid and Psyche
Raphael. Details of the Loggia di Psiche: Psyche Received on Olympus (eastern half of ceiling) 1518-19
For more on this painting, click on Villa Farnesina.
Cupid and the Modern World
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