ALL IN ONE PLACE: The Cult of Aphrodite, Mythology of Aphrodite, Transgender Aphrodite
Ancient History Fangirl
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Temple Prostitution in Mythology
The ancient romans had a goddess named venus before they ever heard of some other goddess named aphrodite. The name venus goes all the way back to an indo european root, venos, which meant desire. Betney hughes says rome wanted to claim and control the martial powers in compulsion for conflict of the goddess - local and foreign. Colonization of the domains of aphrodite was a conscious early act in Rome's programme of global domination.
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