GODDESS OF LOVE AND PLEASURE

02.18 Aphrodite, Sometimes Good, Sometimes Bad, Always Naked

Aphrodite. She's married to Hephaestus but she'd rather be chained to a bed with Ares. She finds Adonis super hot, too.

04.22 Getting Down & Dirty with Mortals, Aphrodite, Anchises & the Mysteries of Archaic Aeneas

When Aphrodite gets with mortals, crazy things happen. Aphrodite's affair with the Trojan Anchises lead to the birth of the Trojan prince Aeneas, a man who's much more interesting before the Romans ever got their hold on him...

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04.22 Liv Reads the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite

Liv reads the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, translated by HG Evelyn-White. Sing of the Cytherean goddess and her encounter with the mortal Anchises, the conception of the Trojan prince Aeneas.

This is not a standard narrative story episode, it's a reading of an ancient source, audiobook style.

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Aphrodite’s Origins

11.20 The Cyprian Goddess, the Cytherean, Venus, Aphrodite, A Conversation with Author Bettany Hughes

Liv speaks with Bettany Hughes about all things Aphrodite, Venus, and her ancestors throughout even more ancient Mediterranean cultures. You can find Bettany Hughes's book Venus and Aphrodite at your local bookstore.

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07.23 Famous for Being Hot, Aphrodite & Adonis’… Tumultuous Relationship & Eastern Origins

Adonis is known for being beautiful enough to catch the eye of the goddess of Beauty, but it turns out there's so much more to those two, including origins in Mesopotamia and Phoenicia.

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07.23 Wandering Across the Ancient World, the Mesopotamian & Phoenician Origins of Aphrodite

Before she was Aphrodite, she was Kypris, and before she was Kypris, well, she was Astarte and Inanna/Ishtar. This is the story of Aphrodite's origins in ancient Phoenicia and Mesopotamia

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