Aphrodite (disambiguation)
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is also used as a female personal name.
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Aphrodite may also refer to:
People
- Afroditi Frida (born 1964), Greek singer
- Aphrodite Jones (born 1958), American author, reporter, and television producer
- Afroditi Krassa (born 1974), Greek-British designer
- Afroditi Grigoriadou (born 1937), Greek actress
- Afroditi Laoutari (1893–1975), Greek singer and musical theatre actress
- Afroditi Skafida (born 1982), Greek pole vaulter
- Afroditi Theopeftatou (born 1957), Greek civil engineer and politician
Geography and astronomy
- Aphrodite Glacier, Graham Land, Antarctica
- 1388 Aphrodite, an asteroid
- Aphrodite gas field, off the southern coast of Cyprus
- Aphrodite 2, a submarine telecommunications cable system linking Greece and Cyprus
Military
- Operation Aphrodite, a series of drone experiments by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II
- USS Aphrodite (SP-135), a U.S. Navy patrol vessel, from 1917 to 1919
- HMS Aphrodite, a cancelled Amphion-class submarine
Books
- Aphrodite, an 1896 novel by Pierre Louÿs
- Aphrodite LaFonte, in the book series House of Night
Films, TV, comics
- Aphrodite (film), a movie by Robert Fuest very loosely inspired by an episode from the Louÿs novel
- The Aphrodite Inheritance BBC
Fictional characters
- Aphrodite (Xena and Hercules), from the TV shows Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- Aphrodite (comics), various characters
- Aphrodite A, a female mecha from the Mazinger Z anime and manga series
- Aphrodite Aperyi, a character on the ANT1 television series Erotas
- Pisces Aphrodite, in the Saint Seiya manga series
- Aphrodite, a playable character in Smite (video game)
Music
- Afro-Dite, a band
- Aphrodite (musician), born Gavin King, a UK jungle and drum and bass DJ/producer
- Aphrodite's Theme by George Kotsonis Love Theme From "The Aphrodite Inheritance" BBC 1979
- Aphrodite, composition by George Whitfield Chadwick
Albums
- Aphrodite (album), a 2010 album by Kylie Minogue
- Aphrodite, album by Aphrodite (artist)
- Aphrodite, album by Ikuko Kawai 2004
- Afrodite, a 2004 album by Imani Coppola
Songs
- "Aphrodite" (song), a 2010 song by Kylie Minogue
- "Aphrodite", a song by Ash from Nu-Clear Sounds
- "Aphrodite", a song by Kamaliya
See also
- Aphrodita aculeata, the sea mouse, a marine worm named for the goddess Aphrodite
- Aphroditeola, a pink fragrant mushroom genus
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