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In [[Greece|Greek]] mythology, '''Aphrodite''' was the [[Goddess]] of [[beauty]] and [[love]].<ref name="a">{{Nuttall|Aphrodi`te}}</ref>
  
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In Greek mythology, '''Aphrodite''' was the [[Greece|Greek]] [[Goddess]] of [[beauty]] and [[love]]. She was called [[Venus]] by the [[Roman]]s, after the evening [[star]] (which we know today is a [[planet]] called [[Venus]]).
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Aphrodite was married to [[Hephaestus]] (Vulcan), the [[blacksmith]] god.<ref name="a"/> She was also said to be  secretly in love with [[Ares]] the god of [[war]] (known in Roman mythology as [[Mars]]).
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Being the queen of beauty she had been given the golden apple by Paris, and possessed the power of conferring beauty, by means of her magic girdle, the cestus, on others.<ref name="a"/>
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Her [[Rome|Roman]] counterpart was Venus.
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Latest revision as of 03:41, March 15, 2009

In Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the Goddess of beauty and love.[1]

Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus (Vulcan), the blacksmith god.[1] She was also said to be secretly in love with Ares the god of war (known in Roman mythology as Mars).

Being the queen of beauty she had been given the golden apple by Paris, and possessed the power of conferring beauty, by means of her magic girdle, the cestus, on others.[1]

Her Roman counterpart was Venus.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Aphrodi`te originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood

See also


v • d • e
Deities of Greek Mythology
Primordial Deities
Aether • Chaos • Erebus • Eros • Gaia • Nyx • Tartarus • Uranus
Titans
 
Titanides:
Mnemosyne • Phoebe • Rhea • Tethys • Theia • Themis
Offspring:
Asteria • Atlas • Eos • Epimetheus • Helios • Leto • Menoetius • Prometheus • Selene
Olympians
Aphrodite • Apollo • Ares • Artemis • Athena • Demeter • Dionysus • Hades • Hebe • Hephaestus • Hera • Hermes • Hestia • Persephone • Poseidon • Zeus
Other Deities
Monsters
Muses
v • d • e
The Iliad
Deities
Aphrodite • Apollo • Ares • Athena • Eris • Hades • Hera • Hermes • Thetis • Proteus • Poseidon • Zeus
Locations
Achaeans (Greeks)
Trojans & allies
 
Men
Women
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