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Aphrodite

Aphrodite

 

Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty.  Most stories involving her are about two people getting married.  She was very jealous, and anyone who thought and announced that they were more beautiful then her often felt her anger.

 
Roman Name: Venus
Father: None
Mother: None
Husband: Hephaestus
Children: Eros, Deimos, Phobos, Harmonia, Hermaphroditus, Eryx (a Sicilian king), Aeneas

 

The following stories are about Aphrodite:

spinning_star.gif (7082 bytes)The Birth of Aphrodite   (read this to find out why Aphrodite has neither mother nor father.)

 spinning_star.gif (7082 bytes)The Judgement of Paris

spinning_star.gif (7082 bytes)Eros and Pysche
 

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