Aphrodite - Venus - Greek Goddess of Beauty Tote Bag

Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. She was syncretised with the Roman goddess Venus. Aphrodite's major symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. Aphrodite's main cult centres were Cythera, Cyprus, Corinth, and Athens. Her main festival was the Aphrodisia, which was celebrated annually in midsummer. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna.