- the goddess of love and beauty, daughter of ZeusRoman counterpart: Venus Also called: Cytherea
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Aph•ro•di•te
(af′rə dī′tē),USA pronunciation n.
- Mythologythe ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty, identified by the Romans with Venus. Also called Anadyomene, Cypris, Cytherea.
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Aphrodite /ˌæfrəˈdaɪtɪ/ n
'Aphrodite' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Adonis
- Aeneas
- aphrodisiac
- Cyprian
- Cythera
- Cytherea
- Eros
- Galatea
- Hermaphroditus
- Hero
- Paphian
- Paphos
- Phryne
- sea mouse
- Uranian
- Venus
- aphrodisia
- Aphrodite of Melos
- Aphrodite Terra
- apple of discord
- April
- Atalanta
- callipygian
- Cerigo
- Cypris
- dedicate
- Deimos
- dionaea
- Harmonia
- hermaphrodite
- Judgment of Paris
- Paphian Goddess
- Paris
- Priapus
- Pygmalion
- Venus de Milo
- simulacrum