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Cestus of Aphrodite

Objects · Myth & story

A named embroidered girdle of Aphrodite in Greek story. Not the girdle of Hippolyta, not Megingjord, and not a generic belt.

Also known as Kestos

Hellenic religion

  • Cestus of Aphrodite appears in Hellenic religion.

    Iliad 14 has Hera borrow Aphrodite’s embroidered strap, the cestus, to beguile Zeus. A named Homeric girdle, not Megingjörð and not a generic necklace.

    from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Iliad · Homer

    Homer, Iliad.