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Ariadne
(759 words)
[German version] (Ἀριάδνη [
Ariádnē], etymology controversial). Daughter of Minos and Pasiphae or Crete. A. already appears in the Iliad (18,590 ff.), where the dance floor built for her by Daedalus is mentioned. In the Odyssey (11,321 ff.) Odysseus meets her in the Underworld: Artemis killed her on the island of Dia ‘according to the evidence’ of Dionysus, as Theseus was taking her to Athens. In Hesiod (Theog. 947 ff.), she is the wife of Dionysus, whom Zeus made immortal; that Theseus left her is …
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Brill’s New Pauly
Aphrodite
(2,716 words)
(Ἀφροδίτη;
Aphrodítē). [German version] A. Genealogy Etymology unknown [1. 115-123]. Born, according to Hesiod, from the severed genitalia of Uranus (Theog. 188-206) or as the daughter of Zeus and Dione, according to Homer (Il. 5,370-417). In the Greek pantheon A. represents all of the ambiguity of femininity: the seductive charm as well as the necessity to reproduce and a potential to deceive. All of these elements could be found in Pandora, the first woman (Hes. Op. 60-68). A.'s name does not appear…
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
