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Definitions of aphrodisia in various dictionaries:
noun - a desire for heterosexual intimacy
APHRODISIA - The Aphrodisia festival (Ancient Greek: 'Αφροδίσια) was an annual festival held in Ancient Greece in honor of the goddess of love and beauty...
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| Jul 24 2018 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Nov 28 2010 The Times - Cryptic |
| Nov 28 2010 The Times - Cryptic |
| Apr 30 2010 The Times - Specialist |
| Nov 11 2003 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
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| a state of sexual desire. |
| Medical bDefinitionb of bAPHRODISIAb. : sexual desire especially when violent. |
| a desire for heterosexual intimacy |
| An ancient city of western Asia Minor, site of a temple dedicated to Aphrodite. Now in ruins, it is situated 80 km (50 miles) west of Aydin, in modern Turkey. |
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| The Aphrodisia festival (Ancient Greek: 'Αφροδίσια) was an annual festival held in Ancient Greece in honor of the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Πάνδημος). It took place in several Ancient Greek towns, but was especially important in Attica and on the island of Cyprus, where Aphrodite was celebrated with a magnificent celebration. The festival occurred during the month of Hekatombaion, which we recognize as starting from the third week in July to the third week of August on the Gregorian calendar . Aphrodite was worshipped in most towns of Cyprus, as well as in Cythera, Sparta, Thebes, Delos, and Elis, and her most ancient temple was at Paphos. Textual sources explicitly mention Aphrodisia festivals in Corinth and in Athens, where the many prostitutes that resided in the city celebrated the festival as a means of worshipping their patron goddess. Though no textual sources expressly mention an Aphrodisia festival in Cythera, Thebes, or Elis, it likely occurred since textual and iconographical sources indicate that Aphrodite Pandemos had a cult following in these areas. The Aphrodisia festival was one of the most important ceremonies in Delos, though we do not know much about the details of the celebration. The inscriptions merely indicate that the festival required the purchase of ropes, torches and wood, which were customary expenses of all Delian festivals. |