“The Bearded Goddess – Androgynes, Goddesses and Monsters in Ancient Cyprus” by Marie-Louise Winbladh, Armida Publications, Nicosia 2012, pp. 104.
Most of us associate Aphrodite – also known as Venus – with love, beauty and fertility, but the symbolic 
value of this goddess is by far more complex than we would have known or dared to believe. Aphrodite – a hermaphrodite? The book examines a rather obscure side of the cult surrounding this illustrious fertility goddess. How many of us would have guessed that one of Aphrodite’s most famous representations was in fact a figurine from Ayia Irini, Angular Cheilitis Overnight Cure
ps?ll=35.1333333333,33.4666666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=35.1333333333,33.4666666667%20%28Cyprus%29&t=h” rel=”geolocation”>Cyprus, that portrays this female deity as The Bearded Goddess, a bisexual and self-sufficient entity?
The book reveals the unspoken truth about Aphrodite; a closer look at the islands archaeological sights suggests a new sexual archetype of Aphrodite and other criteria for the sublime female figure in ancient religion(s).
The author, the well-known archaeologist Marie-Louise Winbladh, enlightens her audience in plain language about the mysterious devotion of Aphrodite as an androgynous being. She casts light on the enigmatic representations of this deity, who is believed to have originated from Cyprus, the epicenter of ancient crossroads.
How did the cult of Aphrodite evolve? How was this goddess worshipped? Did ‘temple prostitution’ really exist? What was the role of the ‘priestesses’ and their relation to The Bearded Goddess? These and many more questions are addressed in the book.
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Join us at the Nordic Trade Fair in Limassol (3-4 March, 2012) to meet the author and get a copy of the book!
Once it's out, he book will be available over the Internet too.
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value of this goddess is by far more complex than we would have known or dared to believe. Aphrodite – a hermaphrodite? The book examines a rather obscure side of the cult surrounding this illustrious fertility goddess. How many of us would have guessed that one of Aphrodite’s most famous representations was in fact a figurine from Ayia Irini, Angular Cheilitis Overnight Cure
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