Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 
"[The Horai] adorned her with golden necklaces over her soft neck and snow-white breasts, jewels which the gold-filleted Horai wear themselves."
Homeric Hymn 6
#Aphrodite figurine, 3rd century BCE, Dardania
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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday
"A robe out-shining the brightness of fire, [...] which shimmered like the moon over her tender breasts, a marvel to see. Also she wore twisted brooches and shining earrings in the form of flowers; and round her soft throat were lovely necklaces"
Homeric Hymn 5
#Aphrodite, painted casket, Roman Egypt, 250-300 CE
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"I will sing of stately #Aphrodite, gold-crowned and beautiful, whose dominion is the walled cities of all sea-set Kypros. There the moist breath of Zephyros the westwind wafted her over the waves of the loud-moaning sea."
Homeric Hymn 6
Statuette of #Venus Anadyomene as she emerges from the ocean, 1st century CE, Condate Riedonum (Rennes), France
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"Her [#Aphrodite] who restrains the bloody hands of rough Mars [#Ares], who brings peace to warring nations and holds plenty in her rich horn, mild goddess."
Seneca, Medea 62
#Venus and #Mars, 62–79 CE #Fresco from #Pompeii, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
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Kypris [Aphrodite] to the Muses: "Honour #Aphrodite, girls, or I will arm Eros against you."
And the Muses to Kypris: "Tell that to #Ares. Your little boy has no wings to fly to us."
Greek Anthology, 9.39
Attic marble votive relief to Ares and Aphrodite, second half of the 5th century BCE
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"She lay down at his side and conceived #Eros, who partly because he is naturally a lover of the beautiful, and because #Aphrodite is herself beautiful, and also because he was born on her birthday, is her follower and attendant."
Plato, Symposium 178
Aphrodite, Eros, and Erotes, Roman fresco, #Pompeii
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"Over the silver on dancing dolphins ride guileful Eros and laughing Himeros (Desire), and the chorus of bow-backed fish plunging in the waves sports with Paphia [Aphrodite] where she swims."
The Anacreontea, Fragment 57
Marble statue of #Aphrodite with a dolphin
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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday
"Cyprus-born Kythereia [Aphrodite], weaver of wiles, to honour you Zeus gave you this special gift. For you overwhelm the sound minds of men and there is no one strong or clever enough to escape you."
Theognis, Fragment 1.1386
#Aphrodite on a date with #Adonis, her son #Eros bringing them snacks! Red figure bell krater 370-360 BCE
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"At the command of Kypris [Aphrodite], Eros once again pours sweetly down and warms my heart."
Alcman, Fragment 59
#Aphrodite and #Eros red figure bell krater 370-360 BCE
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#NeoClassical Mars and Venus today.
"Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown
Put on, and smile upon our evening bed!
Smile on our loves, and while thou drawest the
Blue curtains of the sky, scatter thy silver dew"
William Blake, To the Evening Star
#Mars, #Venus And #Vulcan: The Forge Of Vulcan by John Singleton Copley, 1754 CE
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"Kypris [Aphrodite], you who are the first mother of our race, defend us who are sprung from your blood. We come to you, crying out in prayers for your divine ears."
The Theban women in Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus
#Aphrodite with Stephane crown, terracotta, 150–125 BCE, #Myrina
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"Eris tossed an apple to Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, in recognition of their beauty, and Zeus bade Hermes escort them to Alexandros [Paris] on Ide, to be judged by him. [...] Aphrodite promised him Helen in marriage. So he chose Aphrodite."
Homer, Iliad 3.369
Greek bronze statue of #Aphrodite, 3rd-1st century BCE via @Chapps
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"Now he [Menelaos] would have dragged him [Paris] away and won glory forever had not Aphrodite daughter of Zeus watched sharply. She broke the chinstrap, made from the hide of a slaughtered bullock, and the helmet came away empty."
Homer, Iliad 3.369
Roman marble sculpture of #Aphrodite, 117-138 CE, Amphitheatre of #Capua
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"Your hair is long—apparently you [Dionysos] never wrestle. It flows over your cheeks, full of appeal. And your complexion is so clear, studiously so. The sun never gets at it; it is the shade you go hunting, hunting Aphrodite with your beauty…"
Euripides, Bacchae 326
#Aphrodite witnessing #Dionysos' birth from the thigh of #Zeus, ca 460 BCE
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"The one who strengthens someone in pain,
Who comforts a young one in love,
Who makes the dancer beautiful over drinks,
That god has descended to the ground,
Offering a calming lovespell for mortals,
A medicine against grief,
The vine’s child, wine."
Anacreonta 56
#Aphrodite crowning a Herm of #Dionysos, Myrina 150-100 BCE
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"He [Dionysos] gives to mortals the vine that puts an end to grief. Without wine there is no longer Kypris [Aphrodite, as goddess joy and pleasure] or any other pleasant thing for men."
Euripides, Bacchae 770
Silver Stater, #Aphrodite & #Dionysos, Cilicia, Nagidos, 385 - 375 BCE
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"Lord [Dionysos], with whom Eros the subduer and the blue-eyed Nymphai, and radiant Aphrodite play, as you haunt the lofty mountain peaks."
Anacreon, Fragment 357
#Aphrodite and #Dionysos (and baby #Eros), Sarcophagus 7b, Antalya Museum
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For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth I'm introducing Native American deities 
#Haumea is the Hawaiian goddess of fertility and childbirth. She repeatedly transforms herself from an old woman to a young girl using a magic stick and has sex with humans. When her identity is found out, she leaves humanity behind. The trickster god #Kaulu catches her in a net and murders her.
Himani
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For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth I'm introducing Native American deities
In #Inuit mythology, #Akna is a goddess of fertility and childbirth. She is also seen as the protector of women and children. This highlights the vital role that women play in Inuit societies.
Akna by Eva Widermann for the Inuit Mythology Project, founded by Inhabit Media in Nunavut
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday
For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth I'm introducing Native American deities
#Ch'aska or Ch'aska Quyllur is the goddess of dawn and twilight, the gentlest aspects of the sun, in the religion of the #Inca. She uses her light to make flowers grow and inspire blossoms. Flowers, young women, and love are born from her gentleness.
Modern Ch'aska Quyllur tarot card
