Aphrodite: The Goddess Of Love

Aphrodite was the goddess of love, desire, and beauty. She had natural beauty also, magical girdle that made everyone desire her. According to one she was the daughter of zeus and dione(goddess of worshipped at the oracles of dodona). The other account says she emerged from the sea on a giant scallop. She neglected those who did not pray to her and protected those who respected her. During the trojan war, aphrodite was declared the most beautiful godess by a trojan prince. she also saved paris from his battle with menelaus. (theoi)

The sparrow, dove, swan, swallow, and a iynx served as her messengers. She represented the attraction that binds people together (aphro). She was married to Hephaestus, the olympian god of iron. But her heart was devoted to Ares, the god of war. She was having a secret love affair with Ares. she was the goddess of Mount Olympus. according to the poem illiad by homer. …show more content…
Her roman name was venus (greek).

It is aid that she gave a necklace to harmonia a necklace that brought disaster the the later generations. Along with Cupid they put together Jason and the daughter of the Colchian king (goddess). Aphrodite was involved in several noteworthy times with mortal humans. It is said that she is what caused the trojan war. She put a golden apple on an banquet table. The apple was inscribed with the words “for the fairest”. Right after that all the goddesses started to argue about who the beauty entitled her to be the rightful owner of the prize (myth).

She loved and was loved by mult. humans and gods. The most famous human lover was Adonis. Her festival is the aphrodisiac which was celebrated in multiple places in Greece. She was originally an old-Asian goddess, similar to Mesopotamian Ishtar. Also similar to Syro-palestinian goddess