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Exploring The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite: Sex, Desire, and the Sacred

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Join us for Week 4 of our seminar series on "The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite" as we delve into the interconnected themes of sexuality and spirituality in ancient Greek mythology. Sessions run on Tuesday, October 22nd, 2023, from 5-8pm, split among three groups. We will explore the birth and mythological role of Aphrodite, the concept of sacred prostitution, and the various accounts of her infidelity and relationships with gods and mortals. Discover how goddesses like Aphrodite and Eos shaped Greek perspectives on female desire and love.

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Exploring The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite: Sex, Desire, and the Sacred

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  1. Seminar Groups: Week 4 • Seminar week 4: The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite • Tuesday 22nd October • Group A: 5-6pm S0.20 Addy-Laverick • Group B: 6-7pm S0.19 Learoyd-Hurst-Platt • Group C: 7-8pm SO.19 Sharples-Worboys

  2. Sex Goddesses: Aphrodite & Eos

  3. Lecture overview • The connection between sex and the sacred – how did goddesses help the Greeks deal with female desire? • Who is Aphrodite? Birth and role in myth • Aphrodite and the sacred – Adonia • Sacred Prostitution – myth or reality? • What is Eos? • Eos is pursuit of love

  4. Birth of Aphrodite • Varied accounts of birth in Hesiod and Homer • Born out of the sea foam and severed testicles of Ouranos – Hesiod • Homer – she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione

  5. Aphrodite’s infidelity Odyssey, 8.306-20 The trap set by Hephaistos for Aphrodite and Ares Hephaistos demands the return of his wooing gifts

  6. Judgement of Paris No details in The Iliad, recorded in Kypria A myth that evolves over time

  7. The Matchmaker • Iliad – 14.188-223 • Hera asks Aphrodite for a loan of strips of material she wears close to her breast • Aphrodite is the matchmaker – makes the gods fall in love with mortals • Her affair with Anchises in Zeus’ revenge

  8. Aphrodite’s other love - Adonis Red-figure hydria, 450-400

  9. The Adonia • Women’s festival – attended by courtesans and citizen women • Celebrations held in private houses • The Gardens of Adonis

  10. Cult of Aphrodite Cults throughout Greece Evidence that Aphrodite acted as a healing goddess Aphrodite worshipped in different epiphets; Aphrodite Hetaria (Companion)

  11. Aphrodite and Prostitutes • Evidence of prostitutes at the temples of Aphrodite – Machon, temple at Corinth • Dedication by hetariai to Aphrodite at Samos, Aphrodite in the reeds, Alexis of Samos

  12. Sacred Prostitution – Myth or reality? • Mistranslation? • False accusation? • A historical reality?

  13. Sacred Prostitution at Pyrgi

  14. Eos (Dawn) – the sex predator

  15. Menelaus and Helen Eos and Tithonos Zeus pursuing a female

  16. Eos pursuing Kephalos Red-figure krater Youth running toward man

  17. The grieving mother Eos carrying her son, Memnon Red-figure pelike

  18. Seminar Groups: Week 4 • Seminar week 4: The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite • Tuesday 22nd October • Group A: 5-6pm S0.20 Addy-Laverick • Group B: 6-7pm S0.19 Learoyd-Hurst-Platt • Group C: 7-8pm SO.19 Sharples-Worboys

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