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Brill's Companion to Aphrodite / Edited by Amy C Brill’s Companion to Aphrodite Edited by Amy C. Smith and Sadie Pickup LEIDEN • BOSTON 2010 On the cover:AnAtticblack-!gure amphora, featuring Aphrodite and Poseidon, ca. 520"#. London, British Museum B254. Drawing a$er Lenormant, de Witte, Élite des monuments céramographiques. Matériaux pour l’histoire des religions et des moeurs de l’antiquité (Paris, 1844–1861), 3, pl. 15. %is book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brill's companion to aphrodite / edited by Amy C. Smith & Sadie Pickup. p. cm. Emerged from a conference at the University of Reading, May 8-10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-18003-1 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Aphrodite (Greek deity)–Congresses. I. Smith, Amy Claire, 1966- II. Title. BL820.V5B74 2010 292.2'114–dc22 2009052569 ISSN 1872-3357 ISBN 978 9004 18003 1 Copyright 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV,Leiden, %eNetherlands. 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'()*+,- )* +., *,+.,(/0*-1 CONTENTS Acknowledgments ........ ............................................. !" Abbreviations ............. ............................................. "! List of illustrations .. ................................................... "!!! !#$%&'()$!&# Chapter One Flourishing Aphrodite: An Overview . 3 Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge (University of Liège) Chapter Two Budding Aphrodite: Into the Future . ............... 17 Sadie Pickup (University of Oxford) and Amy C. Smith (University of Reading) *+%$ &#, +*-%&'!$,’.!',#$!$/ Chapter 0ree Aphrodite: 0eGoddessofAppearances........... 29 Vered Lev Kenaan (University of Haifa) Chapter Four Oquamtememorem,virgo?InterpretingVenusin Aeneid .– ................................................... 51 James Burbidge (University of Oxford) Chapter Five Aphrodite Enoplion ................................... 79 Stephanie L. Budin (Rutgers University) Chapter Six Rethinking Aphrodite as a Goddess at Work... 113 Gabriella Pironti (University of Naples) 5! )&#$,#$. *+%$ $6& +*-%&'!$,’.)&7*+#!&#.+#'%,8+$!&#. Chapter Seven 0eSongofAresandAphrodite:Aˇsertu on Skheria ...................... ........................................ 133 Annette Te!eteller (Concordia University, Montreal) Chapter Eight Father-Daughter Dynamics in the Iliad: 0eRole of Aphrodite in De9ningZeus’Regime ............................ 151 Kassandra Jackson (University of Chicago) *+%$ $-%,, $-, .*%,+' &: +*-%&'!$,’. )(8$. Chapter Nine Images of Cypriot Aphrodite in her Sanctuaries duringtheAgeoftheCity-Kingdoms.............................. 167 Anja Ulbrich (University of Oxford) Chapter Ten Aphrodite on the Akropolis: Evidence from Attic Pottery....................... ........................................ 195 Elisabetta Pala (University of Cagliari) Chapter Eleven Aphrodite and the Fleet in Classical Athens . 217 Chryssanthi Papadopoulou (King’s College, University of London) Chapter Twelve Encountering the World of Aphrodite on the WesternGreekMainland ........................................... 235 Alexander Nagel (University of Michigan) Chapter 0irteen 0e Architectural Setting of the Knidian Aphrodite ................... ........................................ 251 Sophie Montel (University of Paris Ouest Nanterre—La Défense) Chapter Fourteen Interactive Aphrodite: Greek Responses to the Idea of Aphrodite as Ancestress of the Romans ................... 269 Jenny Wallensten (Swedish Institute, Athens) )&#$,#$. 5!! *+%$ :&(% $-, %,),*$!&# &: $-, ;&'',.. Chapter Fi<een Augustan Aphrodites: 0eAllureofGreekArt inRomanVisualCulture ........................................... 287 Rachel Kousser (City University of New York, Brooklyn) Chapter Sixteen Aphrodite and the Spectacle of the AmphitheatreinRomanAfrica .................................... 307 Margherita Carucci (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies) Chapter Seventeen Aphrodite in Late Antique and Medieval Byzantium.................... ....................................... 321 Anthousa Papagiannaki (University of Oxford) Chapter Eighteen Aphrodite Deconstructed: Botticelli’s Venus and Mars intheNationalGallery,London......................... 347 David Bellingham (Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London) Chapter Nineteen Re=ections in a Mirror: Bonnard’s Aphrodite . 375 Anna Gruetzner Robins (University of Reading) Bibliography .............. ............................................. 387 PeriodizationofAntiquity............................................. 421 General Index .......................................................... 423 Geographic Index ...................................................... 433 IndexofPersonalNames .............................................. 437 Monumenta............................................................ 443 Testimonia ...................... ....................................... 449 ABBREVIATIONS AA Archäologischer Anzeiger ABV Beazley, John D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, ) AJA AmericanJournalofArchaeology AM Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung ARV2 Beazley, John D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, nd ed. (Oxford, ) BAPD Beazley Archive Pottery Database, Oxford University www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/databases/pottery.htm ! " BCH Bulletin de Correspondence Hellénique BSA Annual of the British School at Athens CHD Güterbock, Hans G., Harry A. Ho'ner, Jr., and (eo P.J. van den Hout, eds., !eHittiteDictionaryoftheOrientalInstituteofthe University of Chicago (Chicago, –) CIG Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum (–) CQ Classical Quarterly CVA Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum FHG Müller, C., Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum (–) IG Inscriptiones Graecae (–) IGRom. Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes (–) JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies JRA Journal of Roman Archaeology LIMC Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (Zurich, –) OCD Hornblower, Simon, and Anthony Spawforth, eds., !eOxford Classical Dictionary, rd ed. (Oxford, ) RDAC Report of the Department of Antiquitues, Cyprus SEG Supplementum epigraphicum Graecum (Amsterdam, –) TAPA Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philogical Association Abbreviations of primary sources follow those given in OCD. ILLUSTRATIONS . Terracotta from Salamis, Cyprus, fourth century -..London,British Museum, A .Photographby(omas Kiely ©(eTrusteesofthe British Museum. Drawing of bronze /gurine excavated at Sparta, fourth–third centuries -.. Drawing by Paul C. Butler, a0er Solima, “Era, Artemide e Afrodite,” /g. , used with kind permission. Marble statue from Epidauros, Roman. Athens, National Archaeological Museum, NM .Photo:Alinari/ArtResource,NewYork. Gelon Gem, Hellenistic (ca. -.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ..Photograph© Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Attic black-/gure dinos by Lydos, mid-sixth century -..Drawingby Paul C. Butler, used with kind permission. Bronze /gurine from building gamma at Gravisca. Tarquinia, Museo Archeologico, /. Drawing by Paul C. Butler, used with kind permission. Bronze /gurine from building gamma at Gravisca. Tarquinia, Museo Archeologico, /. Drawing by Paul C. Butler, used with kind permission. Coin of Octavian. From Forum Ancient Coins, www.forumancientcoins.com, used with kind permission. Bronze mirror back, Roman. Berlin, Staatliche Museen .Imagea0er Flemberg, Venus Armata, /g. Plasma intaglio depicting Venus Victrix, /rst century 12.Beazley Archive (formerly Marlborough Collection ). Beazley Archive, Oxford University, www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/gems. Photograph by Claudia Wagner, used with kind permission. Marble sculpture of Armed Aphrodite, Roman. Pafos District Museum, FR /. Permission to publish this photograph has been given by kind courtesy of the Director of the Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus. Marble sculpture of Venus Victrix,secondcentury12.Paris,Louvre Museum, MA . Photo: Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource/New York. An Attic black-/gure amphora, featuring Aphrodite and Poseidon, ca. -..London,BritishMuseumB.Drawinga0er Lenormant, de Witte, Élite des monuments céramographiques. Matériaux pour l’histoire des religions et des moeurs de l’antiquité (Paris, –), ,pl.. 345 466789:194;<8 . Map of Cyprus with all city-kingdoms and other cult places mentioned in the text. Drawing Anja Ulbrich. Goddess with upli0ed arms, from Palaepaphos. British Museum, London, .–..Imagea0er Karageorghis, !eCoroplasticArtof Ancient Cyprus, ,pl..,courtesyoftheBritishMuseum,London. Astarte /gurine, from Amathous. British Museum, London, .– ..Imagea0er Karageorghis, !eCoroplasticArtofAncientCyprus, , pl. .,courtesyoftheBritishMuseum,London. Dea Tyria gravida, from perhaps Kition. Louvre Museum,
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