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Aphrodite in Mirrors: Aphrodite’s Epithets as Manifestations of Complex Gender Roles

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  • Y. A.
Y. A.
Athabasca University

Published 2025-12-16

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A., Y. (2025). Aphrodite in Mirrors: Aphrodite’s Epithets as Manifestations of Complex Gender Roles . Journal of Integrated Studies, 16(2). Retrieved from https://jis.athabascau.ca/index.php/jis/article/view/443

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Abstract

Abstract

“Aphrodite in Mirrors: Aphrodite’s Epithets as Manifestations of Complex Gender Roles” examines the differing portrayals of Aphrodite seen across the Ancient Greek world, highlighting the ways in which they contrast with one another as supposed idealized depictions of femininity and womanhood. Nonetheless, by subsequently charting differing regionalized gender roles and gender politics, this paper demonstrates that these differing iterations of Aphrodite are manifestations of these localized gender roles, highlighting the complexity of womanhood and the female experience in the Ancient Greek world.

Keywords: Gender, Gender Roles, Feminism, Women in Antiquity, Ancient Greek Women, Aphrodite.

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