In Kos, opposite Knidos, two temples in the Aphrodite sanctuary at the harbor are archaeologically proven: Aphrodite pandemos and Aphrodite pontia were worshiped in the same area, each in her own temple, dated to the mid-3rd century BC.
Just 100 years earlier, the citizens of Kos had ordered two Aphrodite statues from Praxiteles. Whether there is a connection with predecessor temples remains open. However, this constellation represents the two creation stories of Aphrodite. Her taming as "pandemos," as a civilian responsible for the prosperity of the city and its survival: this also includes the protection of generations—a quasi-erotic function for a multitude of offspring.
Here Aphrodite is the dutiful daughter of Zeus and takes care of the Greek polis. In contrast, her other aspect as "pontia," that of the seafarers, who brought their cults from the East and which were already perceived as not quite suitable for young people—clearly assignable to the foam-born. The mentioned "epicleses," her invocation names, all have to do with seafaring and arrival and are examples of how differently perceived functions of goddesses merged into one Aphrodite: those arriving are glad to recognize their deity. Those who are already there are glad that their goddess is also known in foreign lands. Only the epiclesis sounds different!