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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

"Gods and men call Aphrodite [...] Kyprogenes because she was born in billowy Kypros, and Philommedes (Genital-Loving) because sprang from the member. And with her went #Eros, and comely #Himeros followed her at her birth."
Hesiod, Theogony 176

🏛 Statuette of #Aphrodite in a sea shell, Gypsum, 1st century CE- 2nd century CE, Necropolis of Pantikapaion

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#DayOfAphrodite #mythology #FannyFriday

Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹

"Among the things which I thought I myself must certainly mention are a temple of #Aphrodite, surnamed both Pontia (of the Deep Sea) and Limenia (of the Harbor), and a white-marble image of huge size, and worth seeing for its artistic excellence."
Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.34.11

🏛 Aphrodite riding a goose, 3rd century BCE

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