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.

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

Table of Contents

Preliminary material / Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup -- Flourishing Aphrodite: An Overview / Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge -- Budding Aphrodite: Into the Future / Sadie Pickup and Amy C. Smith -- Aphrodite: The Goddess of Appearances / Vered Lev Kenaan -- O Quam Te Memorem, Virgo? Interpreting Venus in Aeneid 1.314–417 / James Burbidge -- Aphrodite Enoplion / Stephanie L. Budin -- Rethinking Aphrodite as a Goddess at Work / Gabriella Pironti -- The Song of Ares and Aphrodite: Ašertu on Skheria / Annette Teffeteller -- Father-Daughter Dynamics in the Iliad: The Role of Aphrodite in Defining Zeus’ Regime / Kassandra Jackson -- Images of Cypriot Aphrodite in Her Sanctuaries During the Age of the City-Kingdoms / Anja Ulbrich -- Aphrodite on the Akropolis: Evidence from Attic Pottery / Elisabetta Pala -- Aphrodite and the Fleet in Classical Athens / Chryssanthi Papadopoulou -- Encountering the world of Aphrodite on the western Greek Mainland / Alexander Nagel -- The Architectural Setting of the Knidian Aphrodite / Sophie Montel -- Interactive Aphrodite: Greek Responses to the Idea of Aphrodite as Ancestress of the Romans / Jenny Wallensten -- Augustan Aphrodites: The Allure of Greek Art in Roman Visual Culture / Rachel Kousser -- Aphrodite and the Spectacle of the Amphitheatre in Roman Africa / Margherita Carucci -- Aphrodite in Late Antique and Medieval Byzantium / Anthousa Papagiannaki -- Aphrodite Deconstructed: Botticelli’s Venus And Mars In The National Gallery, London / David Bellingham -- Reflections in a Mirror: Bonnard’s Aphrodite / Anna Gruetzner Robins -- Bibliography / Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup -- Periodization of Antiquity / Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup -- General Index / Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup -- Geographic Index / Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup -- Index of Personal Names / Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup -- Monumenta / Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup -- Testimonia / Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup.