Apuleius, The Golden Ass 10. "May I delight in the graces of Aphrodisian Erotes (Loves). 171 ff : ", Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 6. 7. Check out how this page has evolved in the past. "Sappho says Peitho, was the daughter of Aphrodite.

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They looked just he part with their tiny wings, miniature arrows, and the rest of their get-up, as with gleaming torches they lit the way for their mistress as though she were en route to a wedding-banquet. Watch headings for an "edit" link when available. The name also applies to a local agricultural Goddess and appears throughout myth and history. Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Change the name (also URL address, possibly the category) of the page. to C1st A.D.) : Suidas s.v. Diallage (trans. They clothed her with heavenly garments [and jewellery] . Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th to 4th B.C.) "On the mountains of Krete (Crete) there is still in my time a city called Elyros (Elyrus). : They were appeasing the goddess by strewing wreaths and single blossoms before her, and they formed a most elegant chorus-line as they sought to please the Mistress of pleasures with the foliage of spring.". "The childbed Horai (Seasons) had just delivered her [Aphrodite's] baby [Harmonia] still wet, when her breasts were tight and swollen with the gushing white sap. ", Sappho, Fragment 194 (from Himerius, Orations) (trans. 34 ff :

287), and one male, a son of Carmanor, the priest of Apollo at Tarrha in Crete. ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. .

KHRYSOTHEMIS (Chrysothemis) The goddess of the "golden custom" was one of the attendants of Aphrodite (as depicted in Greek vase painting). : 51 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :

[and] Pothos (Sexual Longing). This was the host of Venus' companions as she made for the Oceanus. Fearing Minos, Akakallis exposed him in a wood.

Titles/Variants, etc: See also Chryse, Golden-One, for similarity of name. 11. ", Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5. Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) Fab. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : Sappho, Fragment 96 (trans. Cf. 30. Now the citizens sent to Delphoi a bronze goat, which is suckling the babies, Phylakides (Phylacides) and Philanderos. 3 (trans. Walsh) (Roman novel C2nd A.D.) : Colluthus, Rape of Helen 82 ff (trans. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 31. Apollon, however, was the putitative father of all of her children including Molpadia and Parthenos--maiden demigoddesses worshipped in western Anatolia. //--> "To Staphylos (Staphylus) and Khrysothemis (Chrysothemis) were born three daughters, Molpadia, Rhoio (Rhoeo), and Parthenos by name. . [1.2] PARTHENOS (by Apollon) (Hyginus Astronomica 2.25), [1.1] PHYLAKIDES, PHILANDEROS (by Apollon) (Pausanias 10.16.5)

Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. "[Aphrodite] mother of the Erotes (Loves). ], ACACALLIS (Akakallis), daughter of Minos, by whom, according to a Cretan tradition, Hermes begot Cydon; while according to a tradition of the Tegeatans, Cydon was a son of Tegeates, and immigrated to Crete from Tegea. View/set parent page (used for creating breadcrumbs and structured layout). Walsh) (Roman novel C2nd A.D.) : Hesiod, Theogony 176 ff (trans. "[Aphrodite addresses Ankhises :] ‘As for the child [Aeneas], as soon as he sees the light of the sun, the deep-breasted mountain Nymphai (Nymphs) who inhabit this great and holy mountain shall bring him up . 3 (trans. Then a boy of that winged crowd, whose mouth was fieriest and whose deft hand ne'er sent his arrow amiss, from the midst of the troop thus called to her in his sweet boyish voice--his quivered brethren held their peace. sv:Solklockssläktet

(1) Aphrodite Mother of Eros pl:Chrysotemis (córka Agamemnona) ", For MORE information on these goddesses see KHARITES, Sappho, Fragment 96 (trans. Peitho (Seduction) . Wikidot.com Terms of Service - what you can, what you should not etc. Alphabetical List of Names "O sovereign Peitho, herald of Aphrodite. . . Campbell, Vol. . ", Homer, Odyssey 18. "Her [Aphrodite's] attendants . 30 ff (trans. Campbell, Vol. Pronounced kris o THEEM is Number 9. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 33. : rare plants - fragrant flowers - exotic fruit. : HIMEROS The God of Desire was a son of Aphrodite and her constant companion, along with his twin brother Eros. "[After Aphrodite was born from the sea she was carried by the Winds to the island of Kypros :] and there the gold-filleted Horai (Seasons) welcomed her joyously. Channeling Chrysothemis allows one to psychically revert subjects' knowledge of the present day, causing them to think like farmers of old, by touch. Greek Lyric II) (B.C.) . : Pausanias, Description of Greece 6. They were appeasing the goddess by strewing wreaths and single blossoms before her, and they formed a most elegant chorus-line as they sought to please the Mistress of pleasures with the foliage of spring. "Out of the sea was rising lovely-crowned Kypris [Aphrodite], foam-blossoms still upon her hair; and round her hovered smiling witchingly Himeros (Desire). 8 ff (trans.

These Nymphai shall keep my son with them and rear him, and as soon as he is come to lovely boyhood, the goddesses will bring him here to you and show you your child.’", Stasinus of Cyprus or Hegesias of Aegina, Cypria Fragment 6 (from Athenaeus 15. The name is from khrysos meaning "golden" and themis meaning "order" or "custom" or "natural law". lb:Chrysothemis 112 ff (trans.

APHRODITE was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. : Philostratus the Elder, Imagines 1. 5 : Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 30 (trans. 682) (trans.

Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Chrysothemis … "[Description of an ancient Greek painting :] Be sure that Aphrodite is there [in the apple-orchard of the Nymphai], where the Nymphai, I doubt not, have established a shrine to her, because she has made them mothers of Erotes and therefore blest in their children. HARMONIA The goddess of marital harmony was a daughter and companion of Aphrodite. Feminine Names. Greek Lyric III) (Greek lyric C6th B.C.) 11. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.) 7 (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) : Shewring) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) Lib. Most prominently among these, Chrysothemis was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Walsh) (Roman novel C2nd A.D.) : 2 : . Khrysothemis (Chrysothemis) of Krete (Crete), whose father Karmanor (Car… ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 1. Angelos is a minor goddess from the Greek mythological pantheon. 70 ff (trans. Theoi Project © Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand. ", Pindar, Dirges Fragment 128 : "[Description of an ancient Greek play portraying the Judgement of Paris :] Each maiden representing a goddess was accompanied by her own escort . "The soil of Byblos where the Kharites(Graces) have their home, where Assyrian Kythereia [Aphrodite] dances. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, https://mythworld.fandom.com/wiki/Chrysothemis?oldid=4814, Chrysothemis, the first winner of the oldest contest held at the. fr:Chrysothémis Celoria) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5.

112 ff : ", For MORE information on this goddess see EILEITHYIA. Then laughter-loving Aphrodite and her handmaidens wove sweet-smelling crowns of flowers of the earth and put them upon their heads--the bright-coiffed goddesses, the Nymphai and Kharites (Graces), and golden Aphrodite too, while they sang sweetly on the mount of many-fountained Ida. "Kypria [Aphrodite] and soft-lidded Peitho nursed you among rose-blossoms [that is, they bestowed their gifts of beauty and grace]. . Khrysothemis was probably the same as Akakallis (Acacallis) whose name was derived either from a Cretan word for daffodil or from the Greek akakalis--the juice of the nut of the golden-flowered tamarisk-tree. . Genetyllides (trans. 380 ff (trans. Greek Lyric III) (Greek lyric C6th B.C.) ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 3. Campbell, Vol. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. . (Athen. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th or 6th B.C.)

Chrysothemis (Χρυσόθεμις), goddess of the "Golden Custom", a harvest festival, daughter of Demeter and Carmanor Cyamites (Κυαμίτης), demi-god of the bean Demeter (Δημήτηρ), goddess of fertility, agriculture, grain, and harvest Despoina, daughter of Poseidon and Demeter, goddess of mysteries in Arcadia Campbell, Vol.