The Temple of Aphrodite at Acrocorinth was located in a sanctuary on the acropolis in Ancient Corinth dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. It was the main...
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Acrocorinth (Greek: Ακροκόρινθος, lit. 'Upper Corinth' or 'the acropolis of ancient Corinth') is a monolithic rock overlooking the ancient city of Corinth...
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Venus de Milo (redirect from Aphrodite of Melos)
sculpture of Aphrodite from Perge. She argues that all derive from the cult statue in the temple of Aphrodite on the Acrocorinth, which depicted Aphrodite admiring...
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major temple to Aphrodite located on the Acrocorinth and was one of the main centers of her cult. Records of numerous dedications to Aphrodite made by...
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on the Acrocorinth, where several other sanctuaries were placed, notably the Temple of Aphrodite on Acrocorinth. The sanctuary first consisted of a sacred...
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Ancient Corinth (redirect from Temple of Demeter (Corinth))
earlier, Corinth had a temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, employing some thousand hetairas (temple prostitutes) (see also Temple prostitution in Corinth)...
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BDSM (section Types of play)
at the sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania in Cythera, a temple of Aphrodite on Acrocorinth's summit, and an ancient temple to Aphrodite with an upper story...
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Poseidon (redirect from God Of The Seas)
needed] Anax had probably a cult associated with the protection of the palace. In Acrocorinth he was worshipped as Poseidon Anax during the Mycenean age....
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Helios (category Deeds of Aphrodite)
Votives from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens Vol. 66, No. 1 (Jan...
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(mythology) Temple C (Selinus) Temple E (Selinus) Temple F (Selinus) Temple of Aphaea Temple of Aphrodite at Acrocorinth Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos Temple of Aphrodite...
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Serapis (category Residents of the Greek underworld)
Pausanias notes two Serapeia on the slopes of Acrocorinth above the rebuilt Roman city of Corinth, and one at Copae in Boeotia. Serapis figured among the...
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Selene (category Consorts of Pan (god))
Votives from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth, Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens Vol. 66, No. 1 (Jan...
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According to Pausanias, there was a sanctuary to Bia and Ananke on the Acrocorinth. "Hesiod, Theogony, line 371". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-24...
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Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (redirect from Kingdom of Macedon)
at Andros, the Macedonians lost the Acrocorinth to the forces of Aratus in 243 BC, followed by the induction of Corinth into the Achaean League. Antigonus II...
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Cupid and Psyche (category Deeds of Aphrodite)
and Kore at the time of first harvest. See Allaire Brumfield, "Cakes in the liknon: Votives from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth", Hesperia...
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Theophilos Kairis (redirect from Orphanotropheio of Theophilos Kairis)
trips on the island to the place he had discovered the ruins of a temple dedicated to Aphrodite prior to the Greek revolution. To this day, every summer,...
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