Aphrodite Pandemos  

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Aphrodite Ourania and Aphrodite Pandemos, Venus vs. Nini, sacred-profane dichotomy

As per Plato's Symposium there are two kinds of Aphrodites (Latin: Venuses), the Aphrodite Ourania (Latin: Venus Caelestis), literarly the heavenly love goddess, corresponding to a love of body and soul and the Aphrodite Pandemos (Latin: Venus Naturalis), literally, the "Venus of the people," corresponding to physical love.



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