RE-AIR: The Cyprian Goddess, the Cytherean, Venus, Aphrodite, A Conversation with Author Bettany Hughes
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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Dionysus, the Great God of Wine, and Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love
Greeks were aware of the physical differences between men and women. The name aphrodite first appears in written form on a carp called nester's carp, which is actually from magna grey kept from the soot of greek italy. It's basically saying that you have kind of drunken sex as a resultof combining dionysus, the god of wine, and aphrodite, the goddess of love.
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