Reprezentări iconografice ale zeiţei Afrodita în Marea Neagră. Statuete din teracotă
Represantations of the Goddess Aphrodite on terracottas .

Summary/Abstract: The present paper presents votive materials dedicated to the goddess, most of them represent terracotta statues, that I decided to divide in ten categories based on the types that they represent. Therefore, we find Aphrodite represented with doves, accompanied by one or two Erotes, protomes of Aphrodite with a calathus or a polos on her head, with her arms closed on her chest or seated on a throne, Anadyomene, naked or half naked that underlines her power on the chthonian world. Each category represents the meaning of the cult of Aphrodite in the Black Sea region where she is worshipped as an oriental goddess, as protector of the sea, a fertility and love goddess and also she is linked to the underworld.

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