aphrodite

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1. aphrodite - Noun

2. Aphrodite - Proper noun

Meaning

The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse.

A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

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Sad is Eros, builder of cities, And weeping anarchic Aphrodite. W. H. Auden

Sappho was a worshipper of the Aphrodite cult and on the island of Lesbos there were many cliff-jumpers. They all jumped. Some may say they flew in ecstasy. If only for nine seconds -- one second for each string of the lyre. Peter Greenaway

As to her worshippers she came descending from her glowing skies So Aphrodite I have seen with shining eyes look through your eyes: One gleam of the ancestral face which lighted up the dawn for me: One fiery visitation of the love the gods desire in thee! George William Russell

Aphrodite makes us understand why women have drowned their babies. P. C. Cast

She wondered if it was her stupid mother, the goddess of love, messing with her thoughts. If Piper started getting urges to read fashion magazines, she was going to have to find Aphrodite and smack her. Rick Riordan

Travis: The Aphrodite kids were ripping each other's clothes and throwing lipstick and jewellery. It was like a rabid herd of wild Bratz. Rick Riordan

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