Ἀφροδι?τη :
Aphrodīte (Venus), goddess of love,
daughter of Zeus and Diōne, Il.
5.370, and in the Odyssey wife of Hephaestus, Od. 8.267 ff.; her magic girdle described,
Il. 14.214 ff.; attended by the
Graces, Od. 18.192. She favors the
Trojans in the war of which she was herself the cause, and in
protecting her son Aenēas receives a wound from Diomed,
Il. 5.331.—The name of
Aphrodīte is used once by personification for her works,
love, Od. 22.444.
Cf. Ἄρης.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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