She is known throughout the world as ‘Aphrodite’ but on Cyprus, the island of her birth, she is known simply as “The Great Goddess”.

In this beautifully shot film by Stavros Papageorgiou, the internationally renowned French Archaeologist Dr Jacqueline Karageorghis acts as our guide, as we trace the history of the beautiful Greek goddess of love back to her roots as a powerful icon of fertility in prehistory.