Brill's Companion to Aphrodite

Amy C. Smith, PhD (1997) in Classical Archaeology, Yale University, is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Curator of the Ure Museum, University of Reading. She has published widely on Graeco-Roman art in the spheres of politics, myth and religion.Sadie Pickup is a DPhil candidate in Classical Archaeology at the University of Oxford. She also works in the Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and is a Sessional Lecturer in Classics at the University of Reading.Contributors are Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge, Vered Lev Kenaan, James Burbidge, Stephanie L. Budin, Gabriella Pironti, Annette Teffeteller, Kassandra Jackson, Anja Ulbrich, Elisabetta Pala, Chryssanthi Papadopoulou, Alexander Nagel, Sophie Montel, Jenny Wallensten, Rachel Kousser, Margherita Carucci, Anthousa Papagiannaki, David Bellingham, and Anna Gruetzner Robins

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsList of illustrationsINTRODUCTIONChapter One. Flourishing Aphrodite: An OverviewVinciane Pirenne-Delforge (University of Liège)Chapter Two. Budding Aphrodite: Into the FutureSadie Pickup (University of Oxford) and Amy C. Smith (University of Reading)PART ONEAPHRODITE’S IDENTITYChapter Three. Aphrodite: The Goddess of AppearancesVered Lev Kenaan (University of Haifa)Chapter Four. O quam te memorem, virgo? Venus in Aeneid 1.314–417James Burbidge (University of Oxford)Chapter Five. Aphrodite EnoplionStephanie L. Budin (Rutgers University)Chapter Six. Rethinking Aphrodite as a Goddess at WorkGabriella Pironti (University of Naples)PART TWOAPHRODITE'S COMPANIONS AND RELATIONSChapter Seven. The Song of Ares and Aphrodite: Asertu on SkheriaAnnette Teffeteller (University of Montreal)Chapter Eight. Father-Daughter Dynamics in the Iliad: The Role of Aphrodite in Defining Zeus’ RegimeKassandra Jackson (University of Oxford)PART THREETHE SPREAD OF APHRODITE’S CULTSChapter Nine. Images of Cypriot Aphrodite in her Sanctuaries during the Age of the City-KingdomsAnja Ulbrich (University of Heidelberg)Chapter Ten. Aphrodite on the Akropolis: Evidence from Attic PotteryElisabetta Pala (University of Cagliari)Chapter Eleven. Aphrodite and the Fleet in Classical AthensChryssanthi Papadopoulou (King’s College, University of London)Chapter Twelve. Encountering the World of Aphrodite on the Western Greek MainlandAlexander Nagel (University of Michigan)Chapter Thirteen. The Architectural Setting of the Knidian AphroditeSophie Montel (University of Paris Ouest Nanterre-la Défense)Chapter Fourteen. Aphrodite between Greece and Rome: Greek Responses to the Idea of Aphrodite as Ancestress of the RomansJennifer Wallensten (Swedish Institute, Athens)PART FOURTHE RECEPTION OF THE GODDESSChapter Fifteen. Augustan Aphrodites: The Allure of Greek Art in Roman Visual Culture Rachel Kousser (City University of New York, Brooklyn)Chapter Sixteen. Aphrodite and the Spectacle of the Amphitheatre in Roman Africa Margherita Carucci (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies)Chapter Seventeen. Aphrodite in Late Antique and Medieval ByzantiumAnthousa Papagiannaki (University of Oxford)Chapter Eighteen. Aphrodite Deconstructed: Botticelli’s Venus and Mars in the National Gallery, LondonDavid Bellingham (Sotheby's Institute of Art, London)Chapter Nineteen. Reflections in a Mirror: Bonnard’s AphroditeAnna Gruetzner Robins (University of Reading)Bibliography Periodization of Antiquity General IndexGeographical IndexIndex of Personal Names MonumentaTestimonia