Aphrodia Was The Main Festival Dedicated To Her
The Aphrodisia festival was held yearly in ancient Greece in honor of Aphrodite. Athena and Pietho (Goddesses of Persuasion) were adored in this festival with Aphrodite Pandemos (of the people) for their contributions to the unity of Attica. Because the fourth day of each month was sacred to the Goddess, the celebration was most likely held at the start of each Attic year on the fourth day of the month of Hekatombaion. Aphrodisia was celebrated in a number of Greek towns, although it was most prominent in Attica and Cyprus.
An inscription dating from 287–86 BCE can be used to understand the festival's ceremonies. The sanctuary was cleansed with a dove's blood, and the cult icons were carried in procession to the location where they were washed. "The worship of Vulgar Aphrodite and of Persuasion was created by Theseus when he assembled the Athenians from townships into a single city," said Pausanias, a Greek explorer and geographer who lived in the second century CE. The old pictures were long gone by my time, yet the images that remained were not created by a simple artist. "
