Aphrodite

Athena’s birth was unusual to say the least. Gaia warned Zeus that if Athena’s mother had a daughter, that child would overthrow Zeus. To prevent this, Zeus swallowed Metis while she was still pregnant with Athena. Around the time when Athena was to be born, Zeus was in great pain. He felt terrible pressure in his head. He ordered Hephaestus to use his axe to relieve the pressure. Hephaestus used his axe on Zeus’s head and out of the opening came a fully grown, armour wearing, Athena. Athena’s…

warfare or have an important effect over the outcome of a war. In one example, Paris is called to settle a dispute over which of the three goddesses is the most beautiful. He is given Helen of Troy, wife of Menelaus, as the prize for his decision by Aphrodite. Paris, in turn, winds up kidnapping Helen, which results in the Trojan War. In another example, the disagreement between Agamemnon and Achilleus begins over a woman. When Agamemnon is forced to return his war prize, Chryseis, to…

In Greek mythology there are many gods and goddesses who make up some people’s beliefs. One of those gods is Hephaestus, the god of fire. He is very important in Greek mythology because he was the son of Hera and Zeus, and would basically be the source for when god’s needed reliable weapons. The god of fire was a sibling to Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Athena, Ares, and Persephone (greekgoddesses.net). His children were Euklela, Eupheme, Euthenia, Philophrosyne, Thaleia, Palikoi, Erikthonios, and…

Ares would always take sides with Aphrodite.(Hamilton 262) All of Ares's friends were with him in the battlefield "to urge men onto slaughter each other." Groaning and "the voice of triumph" were heard as the "earth steamed with blood." The war continued when Athena persuaded Pandarus, a Trojan…

actions have often blamed it on a god. Specifically pertaining to the Helen of Troy and aphrodite. Some say it was Paris’s own jealousy of the king of sparta that warranted him to steal away his wife Helen. Prompting the question, could it be that mortals created the pantheon to be scapegoats for their uncontrollable attributes. By specifically giving the promiscuous and jealous nature of man to the goddess of Aphrodite, whose powers are ‘irresistible’, they are no longer held accountable for…

Hades, god of the underworld; Demeter, goddess of the harvest and Hestia, ruler of the hearth and family. Other major gods and goddesses including Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, Persephone, Ares, and Hephaestus were all children of Zeus himself, while Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty and Dionysus, god of wine, were not. These all contributed to the Pantheon along with other minor deities to rule the mortal world.…

Artemis/Diana Artemis became widely established in Greece; whereupon her Roman counterpart existed as Diana. Controversially, there exists a debate over which goddess, Artemis or Diana, deserves the earliest recognition, but reportedly Artemis maintains as the earliest goddess. Diana’s status within ancient society became elevated due to her association as being highly sought out for temple prostitution. The goddess known as Artemis/Diana acquired her Ephesians form in 7000 B.C; in addition, the…

Woman in Greek Mythology were viewed unworthy and unfairly as well as sexual objects. Although women, such as the Greek goddess and heroines, still held great power as well as beauty. “The Greeks ' most important legacy is not, as we would like to think, democracy; it is mythology” (Lefkowitz, 2001, p. 207). The essence of this quote written in an article entitled “Women in Greek Myth” by Mary L. Lefkowitz in 2001 is basically that the Greek’s relied and believed greatly in the idea of Greek…

stories Ares was involved in he always faced humiliation and was on the losing side of the Trojans because Aphrodite, his lover and sister, favored that side as well. Even though Aphrodite, the Goddess of love and beauty, was married to Hephaestus and was having an affair with Ares everyone knew they were together. Aphrodite and Ares even had children together. His children with Aphrodite include Deimos, the God of terror and dread, and Phobos, the God of panic and fear, because of this Ares…

they have many gods, they are polytheistic. The Greek gods are mainly based on the world and culture / moods and personalities of mortals. For example, Ares, god of war and Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, love, and lust. Ares is an example of a god based off of culture because war was a part of the Grecian culture. Whereas Aphrodite was a goddess based from mood and personalities because beauty, love, and lust was apart of the mortals mood and personality. Greek gods don’t have much distinction…