Aphrodisia

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Aphrodisia was an ancient Greek religious festival held in honor of the goddess Aphrodite, celebrating love, beauty, and fertility with various rites and offerings.

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Aphrodisia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek religious festival ⓘ
festival of Aphrodite ⓘ
associatedWith beauty ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
love ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
category Aphrodite worship ⓘ
ancient Greek festivals ⓘ
fertility festivals ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
country Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culturalSphere ancient Greek world ⓘ
etymology derived from the name Aphrodite ⓘ
hasRite dedication of votive gifts ⓘ
offerings of animals ⓘ
offerings of incense ⓘ
processions ⓘ
purification rituals ⓘ
ritual feasting ⓘ
sacrifices to Aphrodite ⓘ
honorsDeity Aphrodite ⓘ
involves decorating shrines with flowers ⓘ
ritual cleansing of cult statues ⓘ
sacred images of Aphrodite ⓘ
languageContext Ancient Greek ⓘ
linkedDeityAspect Aphrodite Ourania ⓘ
linked to: Aphrodite

Aphrodite Pandemos ⓘ
linked to: Aphrodite
majorCultCenter Athens ⓘ
Cnidus ⓘ
linked to: Knidos

Corinth ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Cythera ⓘ
namedAfter Aphrodite ⓘ
purpose to ensure civic harmony ⓘ
to honor Aphrodite ⓘ
to promote fertility ⓘ
to secure divine favor in love and marriage ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
timePeriod classical antiquity ⓘ
typicalParticipants citizens of the polis ⓘ
priestesses of Aphrodite ⓘ
priests of Aphrodite ⓘ
worshipContext civic festival ⓘ
private devotion ⓘ
state cult ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aphrodite → festival → Aphrodisia ⓘ