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Aphrodite Philommêdês in the Theogony

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2015

Elsa Bouchard
Elsa Bouchard*
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal*
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Discussion of Aphrodite’s epithet philommeidês/philommêdês in Hesiod Theogony 200. Hesiod’s aetiological account of this name suggests the meaning ‘wiles-loving’ as well as ‘genitals-loving’. This interpretation is supported by a number of episodes from Archaic poetry in which literary or mythical figures make use of a ruse to permit the fulfilment of their erotic longing, or conversely exploit someone else’s desire as a means to achieve supremacy in a power struggle.

Keywords

HesiodAphroditephilommêdêsetymology
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 135 , 2015 , pp. 8 - 18
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 2015