Visible from great distances, it is the highest active volcano not only in Europe but on the entire Eurasian plate, standing at 3,403 meters (11,161 feet) above sea level. At its base, it spans over ...

In ancient Athens they celebrated the Spring Equinox as a resurrection after death. Painting of Aphrodite and Adonis by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) 1488/90-1576. Exhibited at the G. Paul Getty Museum in ...

This word has appeared in 26 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year.

Profile of the statue of Aphrodite of Milos (Venus de Milo) at the Louvre Museum. Credit: Bradley Weber / Flickr CC BY 2.0 She embodies the universal concepts of beauty, sexual love, and fertility, ...

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Eight nature trails spindle away from the village, including the 7km Genesis Aphrodite’s Trail, which rewards walkers with clifftop views of the mythical birthplace of Aphrodite, Aphrodite’s Rock.

While Homer describes Aphrodite as the daughter of the deities Zeus and Dione, Hesiod tells of her marine birth from the severed genitals of the primordial god Ouranos. The oil jar at right elegantly ...

Both deities are associated with sexual, carnal love, but Aphrodite is also known as the goddess of beauty. Many modern words, such as aphrodisiac, are derived from Aphrodite’s name, which ...

“At its center is Artemis Aphrodite Procter, who, making her return from my previous novel, “Moscow X,” is run out of the service after a series of operations gone wrong. She eventually ...