Laughter-Loving Aphrodite

Akidalia, Akraia, Alilat, Amathousia, Ambologera, Anadyomene, Antheia, Apatouria, Aphakitis, Apotrophia, Arakunthia, Areia, Argynnis, Kallipugos, Knidia, Kolias, Kyprogeneia, Kuthereia, Despoina, Dionysia, Erukiane, Gamelia, Genetullia, Hekaerge, Idalia, Limeniatis, Mekhanitis, Melainis, Melinaea, Migonitis, Morpho, Nikephoros, Pandemos, Paphia, Peitho, Syria Dea, Ourania, Zephuritis, Zerynthia

"He's exploring the taste of her Arousal so accurate He sets off the beauty in her He's Venus, Venus as a boy" - Björk

"To bring the dead to life Is no great magic. Few are wholly dead: Blow on a dead man's embers And a live flame will start." - Robert Graves Image: Aphrodite and Adonis

"love's a universe beyond obey or command, reality or un-" e.e. cummings Image: Venus of Arles, 1st century BCE, after Praxiteles, Louvre

- Sappho, translated by Julia Dubnoff Image: Roman copy of Greek original, 2nd century CE, British Museum