Aphrodite philommêdês in the Theogony

30/11/2020 AXE I - Publications / AXE I – Le langage du polythéisme en Grèce ancienne

Discussion of Aphrodite’s epithet philommeidês/philommêdês in Hesiod Theogony 200. Hesiod’s aetiological account of this name suggests the meaning ‘wiles-loving’ as well as ‘genitals-loving’.