# Aphrodite — Victory Odes character guide

> Aphrodite in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

Goddess of love and beauty, occasionally invoked in the odes.

## In the story

### [II For Hiero of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ii)

Associated with Kinyras, her priestly minion.

### [VI For Xenocrates of Akragas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/vi)

Invoked as 'starry-eyed Aphrodite' in the opening lines, associated with the furrows of the song.

### [IX For Telesikrates of Kyrene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ix)

Goddess who blesses the bridal couch of Apollo and Kyrene.

### [VIII For Deinias of Aegina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/viii)

Referenced as the Cyprian, dispenser of love's gifts in the union of Zeus and Aegina.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ii)

Referenced as the goddess of love and beauty that inspired the old poets.

## Links

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