She loved Ares, by whom she bore Harmonia and, in some myths, Eros and Anteros. She was the mother of Hermaphroditus by Hermes and of Priapus by Dionysus. Zeus caused her to love the shepherd Anchises, by whom she bore Aeneas. Adonis, in whose legend Aphrodite appears as a goddess of ...
Aphrodite was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. This page describes Aphrodite's sexual liaisons with mortal men. Although five are described by classical writers, only the stories of Adonis and Anchises are elaborated upon i
Aphrodite knew she could have any man she wanted, and wasn't particularly pleased with Zeus marrying her off. She was very independent for a woman of the day, though in fairness she was a goddess. Aphrodite myths are abound with tales of her various lovers, and from them, her various ch...
MYTHSSome of the more famous myths featuring the goddess include:--Her birth from the sea foam. <<More>>Her adulterous affair with the god Ares. <<More>>Her love for Adonis, a handsome Cypriot youth who was tragically killed by a boar. <<More>>...
The goddess of love, lust and mating never had to do much work. She had no responsibility other than making love. Aphrodite possessed a magic girdle that made its wearer an object of desire for everyone who swar her. She took particular delight in causing her fellow Olympians to fall in ...
She was blown to the island of Cythera and then went on to Cyprus (thus explaining a couple of her names below) with Love and Desire accompanying her (this is slightly confusing since other myths say that she gave birth to Love later, but don't worry your head about it!). As she ...
Aphrodite is the goddess of love, desire and beauty. Apart from her natural beauty, she also had a magical girdle that compelled everyone to desire h...
Aphrodite is a major female deity in the Greek Pantheon, she is the goddess and personification of beauty, love, sex, pleasure, passion and procreation and a member of The Twelve Olympians in Greek Mythology. Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love, Beauty and
fertility, and war. For the Greeks, Aphrodite was goddess of love and beauty. Although Aphrodite bore children to the messenger and war gods, is considered married to the blacksmith god, and was otherwise engaged in activities suitable to the immortals...
While several legends of Aphrodite emphasize themes of love and desire, some of most compelling myths deal with the consequences that the goddess herself suffers as a result of being the victim of love. The story of Aphrodite and her interlude with the human Adonis makes for an interesting ...