A Study Of The Goddess Of Aphrodite In Ancient Greek Mythology

Ancient Greek mythology not only has important historical information,but also has the rich religious and cultural connotation. Love and beauty goddess Aphrodite ranks one of the Twelve Main Gods, which means that she plays an important role in ancient Greeks social life. From the 20 th Century, with the rising of the feminist mythology, some famous scholars, such as Gimbutas, Ye Shuxian, ect., have begun to focus on goddess research.The first chapter mainly explains the origin of Aphrodite. This chapter mainly introduces the Near Eastern origin of Aphrodite and the related records about her birth in Hesiod’s The Theogony. There are two different Aphrodite in Ancient Greek Mythology. The first one is embodied in the first Heave God Uranus. The second one is birthed by Zeus and Dione. The evolution of the birth of Aphrodite reflects that the image of the Love God in ancient Greece gradually turns into secularization.The second chapter mainly discusses the relationship between Aphrodite、Eros and Adonis. The relationship between Aphrodite and Eros is more complicated. Instead of the position of the primitive Love God Eros, Aphrodite becomes the only Love God. Eros turns into the son of Aphrodite.The third chapter mainly introduces the evolution of the image of Aphrodite and her importance to ancient Greeks. As the embodiment of Love and Beauty, Aphrodite is important to ancient Greeks. With the fusion of the primitive tribes of ancient Greeks, the function of gods also changes. The function of charging fertility and reproduction which the early God of Love and Beauty being equipped is gradually replaced by the Queen of Heaven Hera. Aphrodite only remains the function of Love God and her image turns into secularity from solemnity.The study of the origin of Aphrodite and her relationship between Eros and Adonis, and the analysis of the function about Love and Beauty Goddess reflects that Aphrodite has dual nature of primitive and secularity, which also reflects the cultural integration between east and west...