CYPRUS AND THE CULT OF APHRODITE MEMBERS' TALK

With Dr Anja Ulbrich, curator

Exclusively for Members

An Exclusive Talk for Members of the Ashmolean

This event takes place in person in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom

Doors open at 2pm, with tea, coffee and cakes provided

In-person tickets are £15 and online tickets are £10. Booking is essential

Tickets will be available soon

With Dr Anja Ulbrich, A.G. Leventis Curator of Cypriot Antiquities

Throughout antiquity Cyprus was regarded as the birthplace and home island of Aphrodite, where she was worshipped as the all-powerful goddess.

In this talk, Anja will explore how the goddess of love and her cult reached the wider Greek world to join the pantheon of Greek gods and goddesses.

 

Limestone sculpture featuring Aphrodite's head with a building on top from an Astarte sanctuary in Kition-Bamboula, Cyprus, dating back to 600 to 475 BCE

Hathor capital from an Astarte Sanctuary in Kition-Bamboula, Cyprus, 600–475 BCE, limestone © Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Philippe Fuzeau

BOOKING

This event takes place in person in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom

In-person tickets are £15 and online tickets are £10. Booking is essential

Tickets are only available to Members of the Ashmolean

Tickets will be coming soon

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