For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In politics, business and war, she embodied the natural force ...

Greek and Roman writers repeatedly explored the idea that the finest form of art was a perfect illusion of reality; or, to put it another way, that it was the pinnacle of artistic achievement that ...

Archaeologists in Spain uncovered a remarkably well-preserved Roman marble head believed to depict the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In an overarching way, she was the goddess of consensus, as in any interaction between consenting people or groups of ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of ...

A new opera by American composer Nico Muhly is reimagining the myth of Aphrodite through a contemporary lens, exploring beauty, desire and identity in a strikingly relevant way. Aphrodite had its ...

Throughout history, mirrors have been more than tools for reflection. They capture what the eye sees and, in myths, sometimes what the heart hides. Among these legendary objects is the Mirror of ...

Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, has powerful options for both offense and defense. This goddess is often easily underestimated by the Hades community, but there are actually a lot of good synergies ...