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ALL IN ONE PLACE: The Cult of Aphrodite, Mythology of Aphrodite, Transgender Aphrodite

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Aphrodite - The Goddess of Love and Beauty

The character of pausanius suggests that these two names represent two distinct goddesses of love. Aphrodite aronia is the older of the two, the more elevated and the inspiration for homoerotic love and pateraste. Because aphrodite pendemos represents both heterosexual love and promiscuity. Later christian interpretaions would say that aphrodite arania represented spiritual love, while aphrodite pandemos represented common lust.

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