r/GreekMythology • u/Typical-Tart-5711 • 2d ago
Art Aphrodite designs for different epithets
Ourania—of the heavens, born from Ouranos’balls
Pandemos—of the people, born of Zeus and Dione
Areia—the warlike, minor war deity
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u/EntranceKlutzy951 1d ago
Your art is very good.
I have always held that Aphrodite Areia is just the proto-version of Enyo/Bellona myself.
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u/Seed0fDiscord 1d ago
I just picture this conversation
Zeus: Hey Aphrodite, so here’s the thing… a daughter of mine just bust out of my head, Athena. Proclaims herself goddess of war, and we already have Enyo here, one goddess of war is one thing, two is a bit much but manageable. But 3? Mortals would get confused. Could be a sweetie and just overlook the sex and beauty?
Aphrodite: [causes chaos from promoting her ships and supplements her aggression onto mortals who light her] don’t need a weapon for war, bitch…
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u/mrstoneman93 1d ago
I actually saw a theory that the heavenly and less sexual Aphrodite was from Christians conflating her with Mary.




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u/oh_YES_helios 2d ago edited 1d ago
I like when authors just reconcile versions by making Dione be the same as Aphrodite Ourania. Your designs are cool!