#Aphrodisias

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~ Statue of Valentinian II.

Place of origin: Aphrodisias (now Geyre, Aydin).

Date: ca. A.D. 390

Medium: Marble

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megadimos - Tetrapylon gate in the ancient ruined city of Aphrodisias, Turkey

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ANCIENT CITIES OF TURKEY by Mehmet Koray Kose

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Aphrodisias (/æfrəˈdɪsiəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδισιάς, romanized: Aphrodisiás) was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western  Anatolia, Turkey.

It is located near the Aegean Sea, 230 km southeast of İzmir, Turkey.

Aphrodisias was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias.

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...ancient history ♡

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[ukdamo]

Today's photo with the most hits: a detail from the pediment of the Tetrapylon at Aphrodisias, Turkey.

[everyday1photo]

Aphrodisias

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Baltalı Amazon, lahit parçası - M.S 1-2. yy - Güney Kent Duvarı, Afrodisias, Aydın, Türkiye 

Amazon with axe - a piece of a tomb - 1st - 2nd Century AD, South City Wall, Aphrodisias, Aydın, Türkiye 

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Welterbe (auf)gespürt und (er)fahren - TR - Aphrodisias

Die Stadt Aphrodisias und ihre Marmorbrüche stehen seit 2017 auf der UNESCO-Welterbeliste. Aphrodisias wurde im frühen 2. Jahrh. v. Chr. als Stadtstaat gegründet. Der Aphrodite-Kult war der wichtigste Kult in der Stadt, der Tempel mit der markanten Kultstatue der Göttin Aphrodite spielte eine zentrale Rolle. Die Aphrodite von Aphrodisias kombinierte Aspekte der lokalen archaischen Fruchtbarkeitsgöttin mit denen der hellenischen Göttin der Liebe und Schönheit. Die Stadt teilte den Kult mit Sulla, Julius Cäsar und dem Kaiser Augustus. Sie erhielt vom römischen Senat einen privilegierten Status und entwickelte sich während der Kaiserzeit, befördert durch die nahe gelegenen Marmorsteinbrüche, zu einem künstlerischen und bildhauerischen Zentrum. So entstanden viele kunstvoll verzierte Bauwerke und Marmorskulpturen. Die Fähigkeiten der aphrodisischen Bildhauer waren im gesamten Reich und besonders auch in Rom gefragt, wo sie einige der schönsten erhaltenen Werke schufen, z.B. in Hadrians Villa in Tivoli. Am Beginn des Rundgangs stehen eine Reihe kunstvoller Sarkophage, Skulpturen und Reliefs.

Lagepläne geben Auskunft ��ber die benachbarten Marmorsteinbrüche und die Objekte in der Ausgrabungsstätte. Quelle : http://www.aphrodisias.org.uk/ Von den ehemals rechtwinklig angelegten Straßen ist nur noch wenig zu erahnen, doch das reich verzierte Tormonument, das Tetrapylon, steht weithin sichtbar am eingang der Stadt.

Die Stadt besaß ein sehr großes Stadion und ein beeindruckendes Theater.

Die Bedeutung der Aphrodite von Aphrodisias reichte noch weit bis ins Christentum, ihr Tempel wurde erst um 500 n. Chr. zur Kirche umgebaut. Von beiden sind noch Ruinen zu sehen.

Auch hier gab es eine hervorragende Badekultur, wovon die Bäder des Hadrian zeugen. Der Boden des großen Bassins war reich mit Mosaiken verziert.

Die Frühlingssonne scheint warm, doch in der Ferne sind noch die schneebedeckten Berge zu sehen.

Die Besichtigungstour endet am Sebasteion, einem wunderschönen Gebäude, das dem Kaiserkult gewidmet war. Wer mer sehen möchteh, kann auch noch das Museum besuchen.

Resümee

Aphrodisias ist eine äußerst interessante Ausgrabungsstätte mit einer langen Geschichte. Hier gibt es eine Vielzahl wunderschöner Marmorreliefs und Skulpturen zu bewundern. Besonders bemerkenswert fand ich, dass sich hier der Ursprung vieler Meisterwerke befindet, die der eine oder andere so wie ich in den antiken Stätten in und um Rom bereits sehen konnte. Read the full article

[beautyofaphrodite]

Aphrodisia

What is Aphrodisia?

Aphrodisia is a festival to honor Lady Aphrodite, specifically Her epithet Aphrodite Pandemos (Lady of All)

When is Aphrodisia?

We don’t know exactly when Aphrodisia is or was in ancient times. Some things that came up in my research were: the third week in July to the third week in August, the summer solstice, and July 13. Because I personally need a specific date to celebrate, I will be celebrating on July 13, which happens to be tomorrow.

Traditional Celebrations

Traditionally, to start the festival, a dove was sacrificed to purify Her temple, and a statue of Her would be brought to the sea and washed, followed by a procession. Feasts were very common during Aphrodisia.

Modern Celebration Ideas

So of course we probably can’t sacrifice doves and parade a statue of Her from a temple to the sea nowadays, but there are many ways we can still celebrate Aphrodisia. These are a few ideas, you don’t have to do all of them or any at all.

🐚 Purify Her Altar

🐚 Spend time with Her

🐚 Bake something

🐚 Offer a libation or some sort of food

🐚 Do whatever makes you feel close to Her

🐚 Offer incense and/or light a candle for Her

🐚 Have a self-care day

🐚 Spend some time researching Her

I will be wearing a color that reminds me of Her, lighting Her candle, enjoying the small things in life, spending time with my partner, painting my nails, listening to music that reminds me of Her, and I may watch a romance movie. I will try to bake something or offer her something if I can.

Remember that no matter what you do for Her, or even if you don’t do anything extra at all, She will be happy. You do not need to do any elaborate celebrations or offerings in order to please Her. Just do what you can, Lady Aphrodite understands ❤️

Khaire!

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Aphrodisia night 1: Feast

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Happy Aphrodisia!! to all who celebrate 🫶🏼🫶🏼 may Aphrodite be with you all 🌊🐚🌸🌷🎀💄🩷🩰 I’d love to hear what yall are doing to celebrate if anything! For those of you who aren’t familiar with the celebration (i didn’t know about it till yesterday 💀) heres as a link : ) and a post about it!

also i got this ^ image from @whispersinthewaters post, not sure if they made it but wanted to give credit just in case!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼

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Lady Aphrodite

Lady Aphrodite, show me the beauty of the world and guide me to find the one inside of me. Teach me to love from the deepest parts of my soul, so from my heart blooms a new light whose glare illuminates my life. May your power be revered for the centuries to come.

Today is a big day, because I'm celebrating Aphrodisia!!!!

This collage was made by me and I gotta say I'm pretty proud of it 🙆🏻‍♀️

In Aphrodisia we celebrate Aphrodite Pandemos ("of all"). We celebrate the love that's inside every single one of us, given by the gracious and loving Lady Aphrodite. On this day I would like to thank her for her ongoing help with my journey in self love, love for others, knowing myself and showing who I am and what I have with confidence and pride.

I invite you to celebrate this festival in her honour, and I hope everyone reading this has a beautiful Aphrodisia and rest of the month.

I celebrated buying some new clothes, having a really nice bath and doing this poster! Whatever you did, I'm sure Aphrodite was proud and happy for you.

🌷Happy Aphrodisia 🌷

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Aphrodisia

~ 4-7 Hekatombaion ~

In celebration of Aphrodite Pandemos (Aphrodite common to all people) not much is known about Aphrodisia. The festival itself was celebrated largely in Delos, Cythera, Thebes, Elis, Sparta, Corinth, Athens and most towns in Cyprus. It is important with the coming of this day that the modern Hellenic Polytheist examine which festivals they reside with most. Celebrate the gods in the way that suits you best, even if the festival is absent of the calendar you most closely draw from.

The festival was said to be instituted by Theseus, as a way to represent the unified people of Athens under her epithet. Many modern Polytheist prefer the idea of celebration of every person drawn to the Goddess. Aphrodite carefully crafted each and every body, therefore we are all inherently beautiful. Common to all people, our Lady is. Many rather celebrate her as a divine mother, caretaker, friend and most importantly Goddess, on this day.

Aphrodisia begun with a sacrifice of a dove to her altar. The blood from the dove cleansed the temple. No other blood sacrifices were to be made the rest of the festival, as it would dirty the blood of the dove. Afterwards, people would carry imagery of Aphrodite and Peitho to be washed in the sea, a common epithet and image of Aphrodite. The festival itself celebrated both goddess.

Many people would offer an array of different symbols, the most popular being that of a live white he-goat.

Aphrodisia is a wildly popular festival today. Many other worshippers have their own posts! Go check them out and give love! Worshipper to worshipper <3

Traditional Offerings:

Fire

Flowers

Incense

Baked Goods/Bread

Sea Water

Aphrodisiacs

Traditional Acts:

Cleansing Statues

Cleansing your body

Offerings to Aphrodite

Offerings to Peitho

Khaire Aphrodite! Khaire Peitho! 🐚🩷🌊🕊️

[ukdamo]

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: this bas-relied sculpture of Bellerophon, from the Sebasteion, Aphrodisias, Turkey.

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Ancient theatre of Afrodisias

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Happy Aphrodisia!

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