Brill's companion to Aphrodite / / edited by Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup.

• Superior document: [Brill's companions in classical studies]
• TeilnehmendeR: Smith, Amy Claire, 1966-; Pickup, Sadie.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (470 pages) :; illustrations, maps
• Notes: Emerged from a conference at the University of Reading, May 8-10, 2008.
• Other title: Preliminary material /; Flourishing Aphrodite: An Overview /; Budding Aphrodite: Into the Future /; Aphrodite: The Goddess of Appearances /; O Quam Te Memorem, Virgo? Interpreting Venus in Aeneid 1.314–417 /; Aphrodite Enoplion /; Rethinking Aphrodite as a Goddess at Work /; The Song of Ares and Aphrodite: Ašertu on Skheria /; Father-Daughter Dynamics in the Iliad: The Role of Aphrodite in Defining Zeus’ Regime /; Images of Cypriot Aphrodite in Her Sanctuaries During the Age of the City-Kingdoms /; Aphrodite on the Akropolis: Evidence from Attic Pottery /; Aphrodite and the Fleet in Classical Athens /; Encountering the world of Aphrodite on the western Greek Mainland /; The Architectural Setting of the Knidian Aphrodite /; Interactive Aphrodite: Greek Responses to the Idea of Aphrodite as Ancestress of the Romans /; Augustan Aphrodites: The Allure of Greek Art in Roman Visual Culture /; Aphrodite and the Spectacle of the Amphitheatre in Roman Africa /; Aphrodite in Late Antique and Medieval Byzantium /; Aphrodite Deconstructed: Botticelli’s Venus And Mars In The National Gallery, London /; Reflections in a Mirror: Bonnard’s Aphrodite /; Bibliography /; Periodization of Antiquity /; General Index /; Geographic Index /; Index of Personal Names /; Monumenta /; Testimonia /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9047444507
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup.

Brill's Companion to Aphrodite brings together an international and multidisciplinary team of experts in the study of Aphrodite—one of the best known, yet ambiguous and complex Graeco-Roman deities. The contributions, which reevaluate conventional approaches to this remarkable goddess, are thematically grouped in four parts according to aspects of the goddess: 'Aphrodite’s Identity’; ‘Aphrodite's Companions and Relations’; ‘The Spread of Aphrodite’s Cults’ and ‘The Reception of the Goddess.’ Each part draws on literary and visual sources, incorporates Greek, Roman, and later material, and ranges across places and periods—from prehistoric Cyprus and the Near East to the antiquities market in 19th century France. This book therefore crosses interdisciplinary boundaries, as well as the multiple aspects and characteristics of the goddess