Ἀφροδίτη

Aphroditē
Greek · noun
variants Ἀφροδε : Aphrode , Ἀφροδείτη : Aphrodeitē
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2024-11-04

Meanings
Literal translation
Aphrodite
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 12

1. Venus

1.a Venus planet

Ἥλιος, Ἀφροδίτη Ὑδροχόῳ, Σελήνη, Ζεὺς Τοξότῃ, Κρόνος Λέοντι, Ἑρμῆς Αἰγοκέρωτι, Ἄρης, ὡροσκόπος Ζυγῷ.

‘The Sun, Venus (were) in Aquarius; the Moon, Jupiter in Sagittarius; Saturn in Leo; Mercury in Capricorn; Mars, the Ascendant in Libra.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.112

Genre: horoscope Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 122,I,22)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Ἀφροδίτη (Lemma #536). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/536/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Ἀφροδίτη (Lemma #536). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/536/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Ἀφροδίτη (Lemma #536). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/536/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) Ἀφροδίτη (Lemma #536), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/536/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac536,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Ἀφροδίτη ({Lemma} #536)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/536/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/536/},
}