Aphrodite, known to the world as the Greek goddess of love and beauty, seems to have found her home in the Torf Gallery of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In an exhibit titled “Aphrodite and the Gods ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of ...

Tourists came from near and far to see her. Women visited to pay their respects and beseech her to fulfill their hopes and dreams, while prominent families gave offerings to her on behalf of their ...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians has just made a startling casting choice for a key god, but it might end up being a genius move. Percy Jackson and the Olympians has quickly become a major success for ...

"Aphrodite was seen as being a part of most of the major aspects of life," Paul said. "Of course she was the goddess of love, but she was also considered the protector of seafarers and soldiers, and ...

Aphrodite is far more than just a simple love deity. This is the conclusion of Professor Bettany Hughes, who visited one of the proposed birthplaces of the deity — the coast of Paphos, Cyprus — in the ...

Archaeologists have discovered two statue fragments of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, while excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeiopolis in Kastamonu's Taskopru district of Türkiye.