Aphrodite Greek Goddess Myths  

Aphrodite was called the goddess of love. She was called Venus by the Romans. Aphrodite was inhabitant of Mount Olympus along with some other deities and she had wedlock with Hephaestus. It is believed that her birth happened from the sea foam.More...

Symbol Of Aphrodite

Symbol Of Aphrodite

Aphrodite was called the goddess of love, beauty and desire. She is considered as a goddess of fertility, victory and good fortune. She is believed as the only Olympian who had no parents. Aphrodite along with family lived on the mount Olympus. Zeus married her off to Hephaestus because he was scared that she would raise conflicts among the gods. Aphrodite married him, but she was unhappy with Hephaestus. He was lame, proud and ugly. So, she had affairs with others like the god of war, Ares.More...

 

Birth Of Aphrodite

Birth Of Aphrodite

Aphrodite, the goddess of love as called by the Greek’s has many descriptions of her birth as told by the mythology storytellers of the Greek and also her part in the events like the Trojan War.More...

 

 

Who Was Aphrodite Married To ?

Who Was Aphrodite Married To

Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was married to the god of the fire of the forge or god of craftsman named Hephaestus. He was not handsome and was crippled physically, but he had excellent metal smithing skills, and he made beautiful jewelry in Olympus. This relationship was the result of desire. Her physical pleasures and sensual nature was desired by Hephaestus and golden jewels were desired by Hephaestus.More...

 

Son Of Aphrodite

Son Of Aphrodite

Aeneas was the son of Anchises and Aphrodite. It is believed by some that Zeus aroused the desire in Aphrodite to have a relation with the mortal man. Aphrodite appeared as a beautiful maiden and told that she was a mortal woman, daughter of an Otreus. She told Anchises because she grew in a house of Trojan nurse.More...

 

Family Tree Of Aphrodite

Family Tree Of Aphrodite

Many of the Olympian god relationships are confusing and the family tree of Aphrodite will help in studying the Greek mythology better. Here is some information about the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, her origin, life and children. She is also said to be the cause for the greatest tragedies of the Greeks, the Trojan War.More...

 

Interesting Facts About Aphrodite

Interesting Facts About Aphrodite

Aphrodite was a great beauty and was called the goddess of love and romance. She had very appealing physical features, and she was portrayed as a flawless beauty with eternal youth in the early Greek myths. Here are some facts about her relation with husband and with the king of gods, Zeus.More...

 

Facts About Aphrodite

Facts About Aphrodite

The Greeks believed that Aphrodite was a spiteful and dangerous god although she is beautiful. Love was in their understanding was a mixture of happiness and sorrow. They believed that same sex friendship lasts for long time than the romantic love between a man and women.More...

 

 

 

    
 

Why-Was-Aphrodite-The-Greek-Goddess-Of-Love      As per the Greek mythology, the goddess of love, sexual rapture and beauty is Aphrodite. As told by Hesoid, Aphrodite was born when Cronus castrated the father of gods named Uranus. Cronus cut off his genitals and threw them into the sea which became the form of foam, and washed away onto the shore of Cyprus or Cythera in a shell with Aphrodite. This is the reason why she is often called Kypris and Cyntherea. Homer believes that she is the daughter of Dione and Zeus. More..

 


 

 

 
   
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