The Birth of Venus S Botticelli c 1482
‘The Birth of Venus’ S. Botticelli (c. 1482)
Terms and concepts from Chapter 9 (Aphrodite): • Aphros = foam • Aphrodite Urania = 'Heavenly' or 'Celestial Aphrodite' (i. e. , the Aphrodite born from castration of Ouranos/Uranus) • Aphrodite Pandemos = "Common Aphrodite" (lit. : 'Aphrodite of all people', cf. Pandora) (i. e. , the Aphrodite born from Dione, MLS pp. 190 -91) • Cyprus – epithet: Cypris (for the island of Cyprus see MLS map p. 106 -7) [means ‘love’ or ‘passion’ in Greek] • Cythera – epithet: Cytherea (for the island of Cythera see MLS map on inside back cover) • Pygmalion • Myrrha • Adonis • anemone resurrection myth, resurrection-god (see MLS p. 177 -80) ‘vegetation’ divinity Cybele and Attis Plato's Symposium (ca. 384 BC) Aristophanes Socrates
‘Pygmalion’ J. Raoux (1677 -1734) (cf. MLS pp. 196 -99) The island of Cyprus
Terms and concepts from Chapter 9 (Aphrodite): • Aphros = foam • Aphrodite Urania = 'Heavenly' or 'Celestial Aphrodite' (i. e. , the Aphrodite born from castration of Ouranos/Uranus) • Aphrodite Pandemos = "Common Aphrodite" (lit. : 'Aphrodite of all people', cf. Pandora) (i. e. , the Aphrodite born from Dione, MLS pp. 190 -91) • Cyprus – Cypris (for the island of Cyprus see MLS map p. 106 -7) • Cythera – Cytherea (for the island of Cythera see MLS map on inside back cover) • Pygmalion • Myrrha • Adonis • anemone • Anchises resurrection myth, resurrection-god (see MLS p. 200) ‘vegetation’ divinity (MLS p. 195) Cybele and Attis (MLS pp. 200 -201) Plato's Symposium (ca. 384 BC) (MLS pp. 208 ff. ) Aristophanes Socrates anemones!
The original mortal
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