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Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics vor 2 Jahren

The Greek goddess of love, desire and beauty, Aphrodite is mostly depicted naked, or wet.

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The Greek goddess of love, sex, desire and beauty, Aphrodite is
mostly depicted naked and/or wet. And depending on your age and
taste, that could be by Botticelli, Bananarama or Lady Gaga.

Born from the sea foam, you can still visit her rock in Cyprus,
where there's always a crowd of tourists. No one is immune to her
charms, says Hesiod. In fact we can all learn from Aphrodite's
stress-busting strategy: when something annoying or stressful
happens, she goes to Cyprus - for a bath.

'Rock star mythologist’ and reformed stand-up Natalie Haynes is
obsessed with the ancient world. Here she explores key stories
from ancient Rome and Greece that still have resonance today.
They might be biographical, topographical, mythological or epic,
but they are always hilarious, magical and tragic, mystifying and
revelatory. And they tell us more about ourselves now than seems
possible of stories from a couple of thousand years ago.

Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery