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Episode 70, the goddess of seduction.

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And now, let us turn our attention back to the ancient Greeks.

Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty. to the ancient Greeks.

Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty, love, sexual pleasure and procreation. She is seen as being present in the sexual act itself.

In fact, the term aphrodisia zine means simply to make love,

while Eros, the word for physical love or desire, is also the name of a god who is Aphrodite's

companion from the moment of her birth.

But it would be a mistake to regard the goddess as being only a straightforward incarnation of

the erotic impulse.

Though sex is her primary concern, the myth surrounding her reveal that her powers extend

well beyond the realm of physical relations.

In particular, the view of Aphrodite is a vital cosmic force emerges in a poem entitled

on nature written by the fifth century BC philosopher Empedicles. In this

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