Aphrodite Pandemos

[2] Another interpretation is that of Aphrodite uniting all the inhabitants of a country into one social or political body.

"[10] To honour Aphrodite's and Peitho's role in the unification of Attica, the Aphrodisia festival was organized annually on the fourth of the month of Hekatombaion (the fourth day of each month was the sacred day of Aphrodite).

The Synoikia that honoured Athena, the protectress of Theseus and main patron of Athens, also took place in the month of Hekatombaion.

According to Plutarch, she acquired this epithet from an episode in the life of Theseus when the hero sacrificed a goat to Aphrodite before departing for Crete in hopes that she would guide him on his voyage.

As Theseus sacrificed the customary she-goat, the animal was suddenly transformed into a male goat.