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 Aphrodite a Greek goddess of beauty and love, identified as, “Venus”. There's two sides to how people thought she was born, a poet Hesiod, said that she was born from sea-foam. Another, poet by the name of Homer said that she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Aphrodite was honored as a goddess of war, all throughout Sparta, Thebes, Cyprus, and well known places. She was married to Hephaestus (god of fire). The were stories on how they were arranged for marriage. Some say that Zeus arranged the marriage as revenge to him. Others, say that Hephaestus had his mother to arrange the marriage between the two, She played no part in who she wanted to marry. She looked for affection in different places, like her having an affair with Ares, Hephaestus stepbrother. Hephaestus knew of the affair and set a trap for Aphrodite and [|Ares]. He told Aphrodite that he was going away for business, as Ares and her lie in the bed that Hephaestus set the trap in, in the end he caught them in bed together. Poseidon felt sorry for Aphrodite, he told Hephaestus to make up wit her, so he did. Aphrodite ended up having a baby named Eros, by Hephaestus. Eros was portrayed as a little boy with a bow and magical arrow. He was basically like cupid, if you were shot with his bow and arrow you would fall in love with a person. Already being infamous, Aphrodite was even more famous with a contest which involved Hera and Athena, Which in the end she won.

 Aphrodite caused many problems with her powers; basically her power was love and beauty. She could cause you to do anything she wanted you to do. An example is[| Judgment of Paris], but her actions indirectly caused the Trojan War. An example is Judgment of Paris, but her actions indirectly caused the Trojan War.
 * At the wedding, Eris threw a golden in scripted apple into the midst of the people. A dispute rose against Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite about who was claiming the apple for herself. They agreed to make Paris, a Trojan prince, judge their dispute. All 3 girls offered Paris bribes; Aphrodite promised one of the prettiest women on Earth to be his wife, which was Helen, wife of Menelaus, ruler of Sparta. Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite and continued to abduct Helen.

The goddess and heroes that Aphrodite encounters in her life time. Hephaestus she married him and had a son name Eros, she ends up sleeping with Hephaestus step-brother name Ares. She comes across three other people at the Judgment of Paris, Prince Paris, whom she offered to give him Menelaus wife, Helen. The two others were [|Hera] and [|Athena], who both want the in-scripted Golden Apple like Aphrodite wants. Then, She cheats on Hephaestus again with Adonis, which he his the son of Myrrha. Aphrodite does encounter problems with Myrrha, when Myrrha mother states that Myrrha should take Aphrodite title as being the most beautiful goddess, Myrrha ended up being punished for the statement that her mother made, by lusting for her own father, which is King Cinyras. The finally, person she comes across is Pygmalion, who is a sculptor, whom she feels sorry for and decides to show him the wonders of love. Aphrodite gave him the idea of making a women out of ivory, soon to be called by him Galatea.



Weapons/Objects and Magical Items Aphrodite had a [|Magic Girdle], a magic belt that makes a person you like, lust, or even fall in love with you. The belt can also, counteracts or transforms all weapons of war into objects that can be used for peaceful purposes. She was super-humanely strong, she could lift about 25 tons, more than an average Olympian female. Aphrodite has abilities of sirens, she can affect men with her songs. The singing makes the men lust for her or even fall in love. She has no combat training or experience.

Aphrodite sign is a dove. The dove represents love, peace, sometimes a messenger and friendship...but with Aphrodite "love" being the most obvious since she's the goddess of love. This could be the reason why people release doves at their weddings, and doves are often called "love birds" hence, why couples are often called "love birds".

Aphrodite name is traditionally derived from (Aphros- "foam"). There are words that come from her name are:
 * 1) Aphrodisiac- Sexual desire.
 * 2) Aphrodisiac- Aphrodisiac food, drug, potion, or other agents that arouse sexual desire.
 * 3) Aphrodisiacal- The same meaning as Aphrodisiac.
 * 4) Aphrodisian- Pertaining to Aphrodite-(Aphrodisian Dames).

Organization Named After:

The Aphrodite Hills Resort
 * Hosted ICH Golf Cup 2009

The Aphrodite Project
 * A series of new media artworks inspired by the cult of Aphrodite, a shoe company.

ReFeReNcEs: [|Shakespeare Literary Refences]

Opinion

Yes, I respect Aphrodite. She help find people love, and she also helped herself find love, even if she was still married. She was unhappy, with her marriage she didn't choose, I would be the same way. Yes, I would be friends with Aphrodite. The things I respect about her is that she would do anything to get what she wants, what girl or women is not like that.