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Look up: Aphrodite

  1. Aphrodite
    Greek goddess of love, beauty and fertility, also associated sometimes with seafaring and war. The Roman equivalent is Venus.
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  2. Aphrodite
    goddess of love and beauty; she favored Paris after he chose her as the most beautiful over Hera and Athena (Iliad); married to Hephaestus but loved Ares; mother of Aeneas by Anchises; identified with Venus in Rome;
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  3. Aphrodite
    [n] - goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Aphrodite
    In Greek mythology, the goddess of love (Roman Venus, Phoenician Astarte, Babylonian Ishtar). She is said to be either a daughter of Zeus (in Homer) or sprung from the foam of the sea (in Hesiod)....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. Aphrodite
    Aph`ro·di'te noun [ Greek ....] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. 2. (Zoology) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/102

  6. aphrodite
    1. The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. ... 2. <zoology> A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse. ... 3. <zoology> A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. ... Origin: Gr. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  7. Aphrodite
    Cytherea noun goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Aphrodite
    • (n.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. • (n.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse. • (n.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
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  9. Aphrodite
    ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. The Greek word aphros means `foam,` and Hesiod relates in his ... [13 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/87

  10. Aphrodite
    Aphrodite is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Love, Beauty goddess` Where is it used? The name Aphrodite is mainly used In Greek Mythology. The name Aphrodite doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Aphrodite seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Aph

  11. aphrodite
    aphrodite 1. A soft opaque milk-white mineral, consisting mostly of bisilicate of magnesium, allied to Sepiolite or meerschaum. 2. In the sense of foam-stone.
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  12. Aphrodite
    Aphrodite (ăfrudī'tē) , in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. Homer designated her the child of Zeus and Dione. Hesiod's account of her birth is more popular: she supposedly rose from the foam of the sea where Uranus' genitals had fallen after...
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  13. Aphrodite
    In Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the goddess of love (equivalent to the Roman Venus, Phoenician Astarte and the Babylonian Ishtar). She is said to be either a daughter of Zeus or to have sprung from the foam of the sea. She was the unfaithful wife of Hephaestus, the god of fire, and the mother of E...
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  14. Aphrodite
    Aphrodite is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  15. Aphrodite
    In Greek mythology, the goddess of love (Roman Venus, Phoenician Astarte, Babylonian Ishtar). She is said to be either a daughter of Zeus (in Homer) or sprung from the foam of the sea (in Hesiod). She was the unfaithful wife of Hephaestus, the god of fire, and the mother of Eros
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  16. Aphrodite
    Olympian goddess of desire, sexual love and lust. Married to Hephaestus
    Found on http://www.makeitcrete.com/crete_mytholo

  17. Aphrodite
    the Greek equivalent of Hathor
    Found on http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/glos

  18. Aphrodite
    Goddess of sexuality and reproduction; also connected with vegetation and the earth in general. Patron goddess of prostitutes, seafaring, and civic harmony. According to Homer, the daughter of Zeus and Dione. According to Hesiod, born from the severed genitals of Uranus. Seen as both Greek and foreign.
    Found on http://www.religionfacts.com/greco-roman

  19. Aphrodite
    `Aphrodite` ( ; Ἀφροδίτη-->) is the Greek mythology|Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. Her `Venus (mythology)|Venus`-->. Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia. According to Hesiod`s Theogony
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite

  20. Aphrodite
    (artist) `Aphrodite` (born `Gavin King` ) also known as `A Zone` or DJ Aphro, is a UK jungle and drum and bass DJ/producer commonly referred to as the "Godfather of Jungle", who works along with Micky Finn on their joint Urban Takeover label. One of the oldest drum and bass p...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite

  21. Aphrodite
    (film) `Aphrodite` is a 1982 French soft-core exploitation film inspired by a novel by Pierre Louÿs, directed by Robert Fuest with Valérie Kaprisky and Horst Buchholz. Principal cast : External links :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite

  22. Aphrodite
    (album) --> `Aphrodite` is the eleventh studio album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It was her first studio album in the three years following her 2007 release work=Independent (newspaper)|The Independent (incorporating Parlophone`s press release) |accessdate=20 April...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite

  23. Aphrodite
    (song) #"All the Lovers" #"Get Outta My Way" #"Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" #"Closer" #"Everything Is Beautiful" #"Aphrodite" #"Illusion" #"Better Than Today" #"Too Much" #"Cupid Boy" ...
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10 February 2012

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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankinds place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in todays Russia. read more

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