Aphrodite (disambiguation)

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is also used as a female personal name.

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