-Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of love-
The Greek goddess of love, beauty and sexuality, also known by her Roman name, Venus. She’s one of the twelve gods that dwell on Mount Olympus. Depending of the version, she’s either the daughter of Zeus with the Oceanid Dione, or was born from the sea foam formed when Uranus’ was castrated by his son Cronus and had his genitals thrown into the sea (making her the oldest of the Olympians in this context). Aphrodite was described as so desirable, that in order to avoid a conflict among the gods, Zeus quickly arranged a marriage between her and Hephaestus, the smith god. Despite this, she had numerous affairs with both mortals and gods alike, among them with Ares, god of war, with whom she had Phobos and Deimos, gods of fear and terror respectively. Aphrodite governed over different forms and aspects of love and passion, with Plato describing her reigning over spiritual and pure love as Aphrodite Urania and lustful passion as Aphrodite Pandemos. She’s described both as a kind and lovable, and even motherly figure, but also possessing a more vain and violent side which she demonstrates to those who disrespect or reject her love in some form. It is believed that she traces her origins back to the cult of the goddess Astarte in Phoenicia.
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