8/8/2023 0 Comments Hedone![]() "Within, glowing Mulciber had carved a thousand likenesses of the god : here wreathed Voluptas (Pleasure) clings to his side." the names that I just now enumerated express the various powers of the gods that bear them." In the same class the names Cupidos (Sexual Desire), Voluptas (Pleasure) and Venus Lubentina have been deified-things vicious and unnatural (although Velleius thinks otherwise), yet the urge of these vices often overpowers natural instinct. "In other cases some exceptionally potent force is designated by a title of divinity, for example. And now I call Aphrodite by that name which is agreeable to her but pleasure I know has various aspects."Ĭicero, De Natura Deorum 2. "Sokrates (Socrates) : Let us begin with the very goddess who Philebos says is spoken of as Aphrodite but is most truly named Hedone (Pleasure). ![]() As the daughter of Eros (Love) she was more specifically the goddess of sensual pleasure. ![]() HEDONE was the personified spirit ( daimona) of pleasure and enjoyment.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |