Nupinder Panesar
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Aphrodite
The True Mysterious Beauty
Aphrodite, also known as Venus in the Roman myths, is the goddess of Love, Sex, and Beauty. Other than these titles, Aphrodite is the goddess of the sea and fertility. The birth of Aphrodite is separated into three different myths. The three myths are: 1) Born of the sea-form through the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ouranos, illustrated by Hesiodic; 2) Daughter of Zeus & Dione, told by homer ; 3) Hatched from an egg (Syrian Ashtarte) found in the Euphrates River, fishes rolled this egg to the bank and doves sat on it for heat purposes. Hence, the symbols of this goddess are doves, foam and, girdle. According to Plato, a Greek philosopher, Aphrodite was viewed as pure and sacred spiritual love (platonic), as physical love (sex) and the idea that there is a process of love and these two types combined creates true love.
As the goddess of love, Aphrodite had many relationships. Some with mortals, and some with other gods. In the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, Zeus makes her falls in love with Anchises. Zeus was annoyed with Aphrodite's tricks (she made gods fall in love with mortals) and makes her fall for the mortal, Anchises. She drowns herself beautiful with oils and as she walks to his hut in Mt. Ida, she is followed by wild animals (she mates with them). There …show more content…
Hector finds him and taunts him by telling him that he is a "Despicable Paris, handsomest of men, but woman-mad seducer" Refers Paris' body to "Aphrodite's Gifts." Paris' answer to Hector was that humans do not choose the gifts that gods provide, therefore, he should not "blame me for golden Aphrodite's lovely gifts. Men can't reject fine presents from the gods, those gifts they personally bestow on us, though no man would take them of his own free will." In this, it is evident that Aphrodite is portrayed as a goddess of utter beauty that she is willing to share with
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Aphrodite
The True Mysterious Beauty
Aphrodite, also known as Venus in the Roman myths, is the goddess of Love, Sex, and Beauty. Other than these titles, Aphrodite is the goddess of the sea and fertility. The birth of Aphrodite is separated into three different myths. The three myths are: 1) Born of the sea-form through the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ouranos, illustrated by Hesiodic; 2) Daughter of Zeus & Dione, told by homer ; 3) Hatched from an egg (Syrian Ashtarte) found in the Euphrates River, fishes rolled this egg to the bank and doves sat on it for heat purposes. Hence, the symbols of this goddess are doves, foam and, girdle. According to Plato, a Greek philosopher, Aphrodite was viewed as pure and sacred spiritual love (platonic), as physical love (sex) and the idea that there is a process of love and these two types combined creates true love.
As the goddess of love, Aphrodite had many relationships. Some with mortals, and some with other gods. In the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, Zeus makes her falls in love with Anchises. Zeus was annoyed with Aphrodite's tricks (she made gods fall in love with mortals) and makes her fall for the mortal, Anchises. She drowns herself beautiful with oils and as she walks to his hut in Mt. Ida, she is followed by wild animals (she mates with them). There …show more content…
Hector finds him and taunts him by telling him that he is a "Despicable Paris, handsomest of men, but woman-mad seducer" Refers Paris' body to "Aphrodite's Gifts." Paris' answer to Hector was that humans do not choose the gifts that gods provide, therefore, he should not "blame me for golden Aphrodite's lovely gifts. Men can't reject fine presents from the gods, those gifts they personally bestow on us, though no man would take them of his own free will." In this, it is evident that Aphrodite is portrayed as a goddess of utter beauty that she is willing to share with