Aphrodite had no interest in being married at all. 59 ff (trans. ", Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 5. Priapus (trans. . She was one of the 12 chief gods believed to live on Mount Olympus. With the exception of the Homeric hymn on Aphrodite there is no trace of this legend in … Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Hesiod, Works and Days 60 ff (trans. Theoi Project © Copyright 2000 - 2017 Aaron J. Atsma, Netherlands & New Zealand. In the midst of the furrow, like a lily wound among violets, Kypris shines out from the clam sea. "He [Zeus] bade famous Hephaistos make haste and mix earth with water and to put in it the voice and strength of human kind, and fashion a sweet, lovely maiden-shape, like to the immortal goddesses in face; and Athene to teach her needlework and the weaving of the varied web; and golden Aphrodite to shed grace upon her head and cruel longing and cares that weary the limbs. . ", For MORE information on the War of the Giants see GIGANTES. These gods were a bit like humans, but they lived forever and were much more powerful. 193 ff (trans. So we must look to other myths for the answer to that. The third is the daughter of Jupiter [Zeus] and Dione, who wedded Vulcanus [Hephaistos], but who is said to have been the mother of Anteros by Mars [Ares]. . APHRODITE was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. 458 ff (trans.Boyle) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. (Hesiod. Homer, on the other hand, said that she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. cut his father's loins with unmanning sickle until the foam got a mind and made the water shape itself into a selfperfected birth, delivered of Aphrodite from the sea? The god of smiths later divorced her … There are two stories in Greek mythology that tell of Aphrodite's birth. ", Homeric Hymn 6 to Aphrodite (trans. According to the second story, however, Aphrodite rose from the foam of the sea. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : "[Apollon journeys to] Olympos, to the house of Zeus, to join the gathering of the other gods: then straightway the undying gods think only of the lyre and song, and all the Mousai (Muses) together, voice sweetly answering voice . Unlike what he did with his other lovers, he decided to win her over. Basic story: The Greek goddess Aphrodite rises from the foam of the waves of the sea, enchanting anyone who sees her and inciting feelings of love and lust wherever she goes. "We pray to you, child of Dione, Aphrodite. His mother flung it onto a mountain; a shepherd raised it up. Aion (Time), the ancient who guides our existence, was disturbed, and lamented the bond of wedlock used no more; Eros unhonoured loosed his fiery bowstring, when he saw the world's furrow unplowed and unfruitful. The goddess of love proved to be totally inept in the art and was easily defeated by Athena. 28 ff (trans. "Did not the water conceive Aphrodite by a heavenly husbandry [Ouranos], and bring her forth from the deeps? The slighted goddess happened to a specialist in sowing discord, so she maliciously deposited a golden apple on the banquet table. She Didn't Have a Signature Style. 31. Pearse) (Greek mythographer C1st to C2nd A.D.) : Nonnus, Dionysiaca 24. Aphrodite was a powerful goddess of love and beauty. Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. The first says that she was the daughter of Uranus, the Greek god of the sky. But the in the Greek island of Crete the Titans, the minotaur, the centaur, medusa and Hades were watching thought a crystal clear ball. Aphrodite was a combination of softness and destruction because of her beauty. The myth about Aphrodite is featured in the book entitled The story of Aphrodite is featured in the book entitled "A Hand-Book of Greek and Roman Mythology. short stories of Aphrodite. "Now the ancients record in their myths that Priapos was the son of Dionysos and Aphrodite and they present a plausible argument for this lineage; for men when under the influence of wine find the members of their bodies tense and inclined to the pleasures of love. In this passage Aphrodite is born pregnant with Eros who she births on the day of her own birth. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd A.D.) : Orphic Hymn 55 to Aphrodite (trans. And he charged Hermes the Guide, Argeiphontes, to put in her a shameless mind and a deceitful nature. A complete bibliography of the translations quoted on this page. She supposedly arose from the foam when the Titan Cronus slew his father Uranus and threw his genitals into the sea. : Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th to 4th B.C.) . Lattimore) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) First she drew near holy Kythera, and from there, afterwards, she came to sea-girt Kypros, and came forth an awful and lovely goddess, and grass grew up about her beneath her shapely feet. 1 (trans. Aphrodite will often be mentioned in Greek mythology stories of other characters as well. . 11. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Ovid, Metamorphoses 5. The ancient Greek goddess, Aphrodite, showed up one day, thousands of years ago, and began appearing in ancient Greek myths, the myths told by the ancient Greek storytellers. And they obeyed the lord Zeus Kronion . Meanwhile the rich-tressed Kharites (Graces) and cheerful Horai (Seasons) dance with Harmonia (Harmony) and Hebe (Youth) and Aphrodite, daughter of Zeus, holding each other by the wrist. "[Priapos] called by them [the people of Lampsakos] a son of Dionysos and Aphrodite. to 2nd A.D.) : Beroe first received Kypris; and above the neighbouring roads, the meadows of themselves put out plants of grass and flowers on all sides; in the sandy bay the beach became ruddy with clumps of roses . ", Anacreon, Fragment 357 (trans. . : Aphrodite can also be said to have caused the Trojan War. While she hid, the wood roared with wind. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) . Poor Helen was married to the king of Sparta. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) Strabo, Geography 11. The leader the Minotaur loved Aphrodite, so he planned to goddessnap her. ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 5. She is identified with the planet Venus, which is named after the Roman goddess Venus, with whom Aphrodite was extensively syncretized. The fourth we obtained from Syria and Cyprus, and is called Astarte; it is recorded that she married Adonis.". : 28 ff (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Strabo, Geography 11. ", Aphrodite challenged Athena to a contest in weaving. A feminist retelling of Greek myths about Aphrodite, for teenagers. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek lexicon C10th A.D.) : Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 7 (summary from Photius, Myriobiblon 190) (trans. According to the myth of Aphrodite and Ares, the god of war fell madly in lovewhen he met the goddess of beauty. And when they had fully decked her, they brought her to the gods, who welcomed her when they saw her, giving her their hands. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13. It is said that Adonis was born of the illicit union between King Theias of Smyrna and his daughter Myrrha. As she clutched son to breast, she cries : ‘To the rescue, Nymphae, and bring help to two divinities.’ No delay; she leapt. ", Ovid, Fasti 2. : Euripides, Helen 1098 ff (trans. How boring for her. : ", For MORE information on this Titan-goddess see DIONE. . Paphos, garlanded harbour of the softhaired Erotes (Loves), landingplace of Aphrodite when she came up out of the waves, where is the bridebath of the seaborn goddess. Diognetus Erythraeus says that once Venus [Aphrodite] and her son Cupid [Eros] came in Syria to the river Euphrates [when Typhon attacked Olympos]. Lamb) (Greek philosopher C4th B.C.) She is often portrayed naked, be it in pictures or sculptures. Vellacott) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) "Thou goddess, born of the cruel sea, who art called mother of both Cupides (Loves) [i.e. So afterwards the Syrians, who are adjacent to these regions, stopped eating fish, fearing to catch them lest with like reason they seem either to oppose the protection of the gods, or to entrap the gods themselves. : Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. Earlier myths mention her softness while later ones describe her as having been vain and bad-tempered. . "In Phanagoreia [in Mysia] there is a notable temple of Aphrodite Apatouros (Deceiver). Home‎ > ‎ short stories of Aphrodite As goddess of beauty Aphrodites job was to make other gods and goddess to fall in love. Her personality has changed throughout time as different stories attributed to her have changed. ", Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek lexicon C10th A.D.) : Some traditions stated that she had sprung from the foam (aphros) of the sea, which had gathered around the mutilated parts of Uranus, that had been thrown into the sea by Kronos after he had unmanned his father. Typhoeus Terrigena (Earthborn) even there pursued them and the gods concealed themselves in spurious shapes . : Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 5. Greek Lyric II) (C5th B.C.) Priapus (trans. to C1st A.D.) : Ovid, Fasti 2. The Greeks invented the story of her flight to Egypt to explain why the goddess was worshipped in the form of a fish or why this fish was sacred to her in the country. 30 (trans. 21 - 23 (trans. Aphrodite and her son Eros teamed up to cause Zeus to fall in love with a human named Europa. Campbell, Vol. "[Cicero enumurates a number of rival cult traditions about Aphrodite sourced from different regions:] The first Venus [Aphrodite] is the daughter of Caelus (Sky) [Ouranos] and Dies (Day) [Hemera]; I have seen her temple at Ellis. 86 ff (trans. Campbell, Vol. According to one account, Aphrodite was born when the Titan Cronus cut off the sex organs of his father, Uranus, and threw them into the sea. . . 222 ff : We Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera by Doris Orgel and Marilee Heyer. 21 - 23 (trans. 319 ff (trans. "On the birthday of Aphrodite there was a feast of the gods . Shewring) (Greek epic C8th B.C.) The poet Hesiod said that Aphrodite was born from sea-foam. : The Anacreontea, Fragment 57 (trans. She was said to have been born from the foam in Paphos as the daughter of Uranus, in the waters of Cyprus, however many believe that she was the daughter of Dione and Zeus. She is a contender in the story of the Golden Apple, when Paris chooses her as the fairest of the three goddesses (the others were Hera and Athena).Aphrodite decides to reward him for giving her the Golden Apple … Kypros thy famed mother fair. : Hesiod, Theogony 176 ff (trans. According to some Dione was a Titaness, according to others she was an Oceanid, she was also seen as the Goddess of the Oak, an earth goddess. ", Ovid, Heroides 7. Aphrodite emerged from the foam (her name comes from aphros, the Greek word for foam) that gathered on the surface of the water. They had monster children that were called the hundred-hand giants and the Cyclopes. 8 : Aelian, On Animals 14. . "Fishes [constellation Pisces] . Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. Famous for her beauty, she created rivalry among male deities. They say that you and your brother (for your stars gleam together) ferried two gods on your backs. Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3. Aspects of this story from the Syrian story of the birth of Ashtarte were adopted by the Greeks. 370 ff (trans. Aphrodite could also be kind. It is commonly known as the festival of light. "Minerva [Athena] is said to have been the first to make pipes from deer bones and to have come to the banquet of the gods to play. Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 197 (trans. Then the son [Kronos] from his ambush stretched forth his left hand and in his right took the great long sickle with jagged teeth, and swiftly lopped off his own father's members and cast them away to fall behind him . : Plato, Symposium 178 (trans. Zeus was delighted to claim her as his daughter. In ancient Greek mythology Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. Her mother's name doesn't give to much information about her, it means "divine queen." ", The Anacreontea, Fragment 57 (trans. 10 (trans. [during which Penia seduced the god Poros and bore Eros.] Major Myths. : Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th to 4th B.C.) Eros and Himeros or Anteros]. ", Plato, Symposium 178 (trans. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C. Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 7 (summary from Photius, Myriobiblon 190) (trans. In spite of being married to Hephaestus, Aphrodite took many lovers, from Ares to mortals like Anchises. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) : Ovid, Metamorphoses 4. Hercules had a gift, it was a Sapphire ring. Aphrodite Myths and Stories The Birth of Aphrodite. ", Seneca, Phaedra 274 ff (trans. 20 ff : She was often called the "sea-born" goddess, because she was formed one evening from the foam of the sea, where its waves beat upon a rocky shore. 1. . Greek Lyric II) (C5th B.C.) ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. : Pausanias, Description of Greece 5. Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη) is the Greek Goddess of Love, lust, desire, sexuality, pleasure, passion, fertility, procreation and beauty. . Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th - 4th B.C.) 267 ff (trans. The Greek word aphros means “foam,” and Hesiod relates in his Theogony that Aphrodite was born from the white foam produced by the severed genitals of Uranus … 43 ff : Showerman) (Roman poetry C1st B.C. "To Sea-set Kypros the moist breath of the western wind (Zephryos) wafted her [Aphrodite] over the waves of the loud-moaning sea in soft foam, and there the gold-filleted Horai (Seasons) welcomed her joyously. Aphrodite came out from the sea-foam (aphros). 72 ff (trans. . She was also a protectress of sailors. "[Aphrodite] roaming over the waves like sea-lettuce, moving her soft-skinned body in her voyage over the white calm sea, she pulls the breakers along her path. [and after her creation they] named this woman Pandora (All-Gifts), because all they who dwelt on Olympus gave each a gift, a plague to men who eat bread. Dione the shining among divinities . "He [Kronos] cut off his father's [Ouranos'] male plowshare, and sowed the teeming deep with seed on the unsown back of the daughterbegetting sea (Thalassa). to 2nd A.D.) : Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 5. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd A.D.) : The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome" by E.M. Berens, published in 1894 by Maynard, Merrill, & Co., New York. When the hero Peleus was married to the sea-nymph Thetis, all the gods were invited to the ceremony -- all but one that is. . "Kypros, godwelcoming island of the fine-feathered Erotes (Loves), which bears the name of Kypris the self-born [Aphrodite] . To the Romans, Aphrodite was also known as Venus. One morning Aphrodite was spinning her wheel when one of her maids said she had a visitor. Ark of the Covenant - What is in there and where is it now? Theog. 193 ff (trans. to C1st A.D.) : "Before Kypros and the Isthmian city of Korinthos, she [i.e. . to C1st A.D.) : . Learn about the the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome that are available on this website. : Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. Ouranos] admitted his daughter. "Piscis, heaven's horses. ", Homer, Odyssey 8. Hephaistus was said to have built for her a palace made of gold and jewels in idyllic seclusion, somewhere in the island, most probably in the Akamas area. "Lord [Dionysos], with whom Eros the subduer and the blue-eyed Nymphai, and radiant Aphrodite play, as you haunt the lofty mountain peaks. And because Aphrodite is herself beautiful, and also because he [Eros] was born on her birthday, is her follower and attendant. Campbell, Vol. : . 4 (trans. Venus and her son threw themselves into the river and there changed their forms to fishes, and by so doing this escaped danger. ", Aelian, On Animals 14. "By Dione he [Zeus] had Aphrodite. 1 (trans. The gods were sometimes described as competing at the founding of the Olympic and Pythian Games, the latter including musical contests. Aphrodite's major symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. 6. 1. 370 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) : Different sides of Aphrodite and her powers can be seen in the myths about her. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) Aphrodite was a combination of softness and destruction because of her beauty. 190; compare Anadyomene.) Above her rosy breast and below her soft neck a great wave divides her skin. : Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. The Great Flood of China ascribed to the Gun-Yu myth might be partly true, says a new study published in Science. She made many people fall in love with her, but she also helped other people fall in love. Twin fish went underneath them; for which, you see, the present stars are named. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th - 4th B.C.) Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty, and one of the 12 gods of Mount Olympus. However, Hesiod retells the much more famous myth. Hephaestus, her husband, spent every night in his workshop. The famous Botticelli painting depicting Aphrodite floating on a seashell was based on the second version— that she was born from the sea-foam. . And with her went Eros (Love), and comely Himeros (Desire) followed her at her birth at the first and as she went into the assembly of the gods. Rackham) (Roman rhetorician C1st B.C.) Aphrodite’s magic gi… Once Dione [Aphrodite], in flight from terrible Typhon (when Jupiter [Zeus] armed in heaven's defence), reached the Euphrates with tiny Cupidos [Eros] in tow and sat by the hem of Palestine's stream. Gaia loved her children very much, including the monstrous ones. The Greeks were familiar with all of them, and identified them with her. 319 ff (trans. Aphrodite is depicted in a multitude of different ways, and the … Aphrodite is said to have been born in the sea. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13. The first is simple: She was the child of Zeus and Dione. APHRODI′TE (Aphroditê), one of the great Olympian divinities, was, according to the popular and poetical notions of the Greeks, the goddess of love and beauty. Greek Lyric II) (C6th B.C.) Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3. . This page contains tales of the goddess from the saga of the gods including her birth from the sea-foam, flight from the monster Typhoeus, role in the war of the Giants, creation of Pandora, birth of Priapos, and contests with other gods. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : 72 ff (trans. "Ouranos (the Sky) came, bringing on night and longing for love, and he lay about Gaia (the Earth) spreading himself full upon her. : Anacreon, Fragment 357 (trans. 30 (trans. to C1st A.D.) : Ovid, Heroides 7. ", Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. to C1st A.D.) : . Rackham) (Roman rhetorician C1st B.C.) She pales with fear, and believes a hostile band approaches. And when the fated time arrived, at which, at the bidding of [Zeus] the Father of the gods, Aphrodite also had to be enrolled among the Olympians, I have heard that she ascended and wished to bring her companion and play-fellow. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 41. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Fishes [constellation Pisces] . 435 ff (trans. Each one of them prayed that he might lead her home to be his wedded wife, so greatly were they amazed at the beauty of violet-crowned Kythereia. This allegedly led Zeus to decide that the goddess would be wed to the ugly Hephaestus. Aphrodite Myths . Aphrodite, Paris and the Golden Apple It all started when Eris, the goddess of discord, realized that she had not been invited to the marriage of the King Peleus with the sea Nymph Thetis- a marriage that took place on the Mountain of Pelion in Thessaly, in Central Greece. "[Depicted on the base of the statue of Poseidon at Korinthos:] Thalassa (Sea) holding up the young Aphrodite, and on either side are the nymphs called Nereides. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C. 8 (trans. Walsh) (Roman novel C2nd A.D.) : Nonnus, Dionysiaca 1. . . The Diwali festival extends over a period of 5 days; it is scheduled according to the Hindu calendar. "[Hephaistos threatens to return Aphrodite to her father Zeus when he learns of her adultery :] ‘Aphrodite had Zeus for father . 4 (trans. Hence timid Syrians think it wrong to serve up this species; they defile no mouths with fish. 2 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "[Aphrodite wounded at Troy by Diomedes fled to her mother Dione on Olympos :] Bright Aphrodite fell at the knees of her mother [on Olympos], Dione, who gathered her daughter into her arms' fold and stroked her with her hand and called her by name and spoke to her : ‘Who now of the Ouranian gods, dear child, has done such things to you, rashly, as if you were caught doing something wicked?’ . : The myths and legends about Aphrodite – Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of love, pleasure, sexuality and procreation. Two different stories explain the birth of Aphrodite. Discover the myth of Adonis and Aphrodite The incestuous birth of Adonis. They also had 12 children that were human in appearance and called the Titans. Miller) (Roman tragedy C1st A.D.) : Apuleius, The Golden Ass 4. 435 ff : Lamb) (Greek philosopher C4th B.C.) Ancient Greek Myths for Kids Who really caused the Trojan War? The Myth of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty The most beautiful of all the goddesses was Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. The second story says that she was the daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Dione. To preserve peace in the face of potential wars fought for her sake, Zeus married her off to someone (another deity) with deformities named Hephaestus. D’aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths, by Edgar and Ingri D’Aulaire. She appeared out of the foam of the sea, floating on a scallop shell to the island of Cypress. There Typhon, of whom we have already spoken, suddenly appeared. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 197 (trans. She saw her future husband. 435 ff (trans. "Aphrodite delighted to be with Nerites in the sea [after her birth] and loved him. . There, as soon as she was seen on the neighbouring harbourage, she brought forth wild Eros (Love) . She was also known by other names like Cytherea (Lady of Cythera), Cypris (Lady of Cyprus), Acidalia, Cytherea, and Cerigo. In one of the popular myths, it is said that Aphrodite was so beautiful that other gods would fight for her affections. . the place of living. Her beauty beguiled mortals and deities alike, and she was considered a goddess that was the most attractive of all in the Kingdom of Mount Olympus. Facts about Aphrodite. 2 (trans. "The dancers of Orkhomenos [the Kharites] who were attendants upon Paphia [Aphrodite] had no dancing then to do [when Aphrodite entered a contest against Athena in weaving]; but Pasithea made the spindle run round, Peitho dressed the wool, Aglaia gave thread and yarn to her mistress. One version states that she was the offspring of Zeus and Dione. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) She also had a magical object, a girdle, which she used to trigger desire for her in the hearts of men. ", Ovid, Metamorphoses 4. "The goddess [Aphrodite] who was sprung from the dark-blue depths of the sea and was nurtured by the foam from the frothing waves. . ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13. Aphrodite bestowed her gifts on Pandora the first woman, commissioned by Zeus to punish mankind for Prometheus' theft of fire. 9. ", Nonnus, Dionysiaca 7. . Campbell, Vol. He had the ability to make his works of art come alive (literally) Owing to his natural ability to ability … the city of Beroe or Beruit in Phoinikia] first received Kypris [Aphrodite] within her welcoming portal, newly born from the brine; when the water impregnated from the furrow of Ouranos was delivered of deepsea Aphrodite; when without marriage, the seed plowed the flood with male fertility, and of itself shaped the foam into a daughter, and Phusis (Nature) was the midwife--coming up with the goddess there was that embroidered strap which ran round her loins like a belt, set about the queen's body in a girdle of itself . In Greek vase paintings depicting the Gigantomakhia, Aphrodite is sometimes depicted driving the chariot of Ares into battle. . This myth may have originated from the connection the Cypriot Goddess had with metallurgy and copper. . According to the myths, Aphrodite was unfaithful because she was unhappy in her marriage to Hephaestus. . 59 ff (trans. The two lovers took advantage of this situation to love each other until dawn. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) : Homer, Iliad 5. The most common version of the birth of Aphrodite describes her born in sea-foam from the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ouranos. 267 ff (trans. But the story goes that he refused. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. "Kypris [Aphrodite] fled like the wind from the pursuit of her lascivious father [Zeus], that she might not see an unhallowed bedfellow in her own begetter, Zeus. : Homer, Odyssey 8. to C1st A.D.) : Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : Suidas s.v. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) 10 (trans. . : A less common version makes Aphrodite a daughter of Zeus and the Okeanis Titanis Dione. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : For example, when the sculptor Pygmalion, one of her loyal followers, … Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : 11. Doves and fish remain sacred to her, and the minor Greek love-gods Eros and Helene are described as egg-born. ], For MORE information on the castration of Ouranos see OURANOS. : APHRODITE(a-fro-DYE-tee; Roman name Venus) was the goddess of love, beauty and fertility. So he ordered. Since she excelled the rest in justice and uprightness, by a favour granted by Jove [Zeus], the fish were put among the number of the stars, and because of this the Syrians do not eat fish or doves, considering them as gods.". "When the fertile drops from Ouranos, spilt with a mess of male gore, hand given infant shape to the fertile foam and brought forth Paphia [Aphrodite]. Aphrodite, ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. ", For MORE information on this giant see TYPHOEUS, Homeric Hymn 3 to Pythian Apollo 186 ff (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. They clothed her with heavenly garments: on her head they put a fine, well-wrought crown of gold, and in her pierced ears they hung ornaments of orichalc and precious gold, and adorned her with golden necklaces over her soft neck and snow-white breasts, jewels which the gold-filleted Horai wear themselves whenever they go to their father's house to join the lovely dances of the gods. "Out of the sea was rising lovely-crowned Kypris, foam-blossoms still upon her hair; and round her hovered smiling witchingly Himeros (Desire), and danced the Kharites (Graces) lovely-tressed. However, in this tale, Aphrodite gives life to a demigod child named Piper with a mortal man. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) : The second was engendered form the sea-foam, and as we are told became the mother by Mercurius [Hermes] of the second Cupidus (Love) [Eros]. "For 'twas from the sea, in Cytherean waters, so runs the tale, that the mother of the Amores (Loves) [Erotes], undraped, arose. It says that Aphrodite is not so parentless as she seems, her mother's name is Dione. Search this site. She was famous for great feminine beauty and a constant smile, elegant jewellery and dress.
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