Macedonian coin of Aphrodite Urania from Uranopolis 300 BCE

"Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, romanized: Aphrodítē Ouranía) was an epithet of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite, signifying "heavenly" or "spiritual", to distinguish her from her more earthly aspect of Aphrodite Pandemos, "Aphrodite for all the people". The two were used (mostly in literature) to differentiate the more "celestial" love of body and soul from purely physical lust. Plato represented her as a daughter of the Greek God Uranus, conceived and born without a mother. According to Hesiod, she was born from the severed genitals of Uranus and emerged from the sea foam."

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Macedonian coin of Aphrodite Urania from Uranopolis 300 BCE.

 

Source:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/MACEDON%2C_Uranopolis._Eight-pointed_star_and_crescent_-_Aphrodite_Urania._Circa_300_BC.jpg/752px-MACEDON%2C_Uranopolis._Eight-pointed_star_and_crescent_-_Aphrodite_Urania._Circa_300_BC.jpg

 

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https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Aphrodite_Urania

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