Ἀφροδίτη
Aphroditē

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-11-04
Primary meaning Venus
Literal translation Aphrodite
Variants
Ἀφροδίτη Aphroditē
Ἀφροδε Aphrode abbreviation (papyri)
Ἀφροδείτη Aphrodeitē papyri
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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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac536,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Ἀφροδίτη ({Lemma} #536)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/536/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/536/},
}