Aphrodite is the Greek goddess for love and beauty

Aphrodite may also refer to:

People

  • Afroditi (name), list of people with the name and fictional characters
  • Almighty Aphroditey, Swedish drag queen who competed on Drag Race Sverige

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 and films

  • Aphrodite: mœurs antiques, an 1896 novel by Pierre Louÿs
  • Aphrodite LaFonte, in the book series House of Night
  • Aphrodite (film), a movie by Robert Fuest very loosely inspired by an episode from the Louÿs novel
  • A version of Aphrodite debuted in DC Comics with All-Star Comics (Oct. 1941) #8.

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 Whitefield Chadwick

Albums

  • Aphrodite (Kylie Minogue album), 2010
  • Aphrodite (Wink album), 1993
  • Aphrodite, 1997 album by Aphrodite (musician)
  • Aphrodite, 2004 album by Ikuko Kawai
  • Afrodite, a 2004 album by Imani Coppola
  • Afrodhit, a 2023 album by Iza

Songs

  • "Aphrodite" (song), a 2010 song by Kylie Minogue
  • "Aphrodite", a song by Nebula from the 2009 album Heavy Psych
  • "Aphrodite", a song by Ash from Nu-Clear Sounds
  • "Aphrodite", a song by Kamaliya

Publications

  • The London Aphrodite, British literary magazine (1928–1929)

See also

  • Aphrodita aculeata, the sea mouse, a marine worm named for the goddess Aphrodite<!--There should be an article on the genus Aphrodita as well as the individual species, but none has yet been created-->
  • Aphroditeola, a pink fragrant mushroom genus