One of the most well known is the reason the rooster crows at the sun. She had a minimum of 5 children with him, more or less depending on the time of the myths written and if it comes from Greek or latin. Overall, this was her main love, and one she would have married if given the choice. They even fight side by side in the Trojan war.
She was also linked to a few other lovers throughout the Greek myths, but these are the main ones. During the trojan war, Aphrodite took the side of the Trojans because in a way she had caused it by a promise to win a contest. Known as the judgement of Paris. In a rage she threw a golden apple into the wedding among the gods. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all wanted the prized apple. Thus, a contest was created to see who would receive the apple.
Zeus charged Hermes to lead the three goddesses to the prince of Troy, Paris — he would pick which goddess was the most beautiful. At Tory, the three goddesses appeared and offered him gifts, favors, basically anything to win.
Thus, Aphrodite won the apple and was knowns as the fairest goddess. When Paris visited Sparta, he called upon Aphrodite to fulfill her promise. Helene then fell in love with Paris, and they fled back to Troy. Once there, she became Helene of Troy. Menelaus of course was furious and went to war with Troy. Aphrodite has many shrines dedicated to her, and Aphrodite cults existed all throughout Greece and into northern Africa, Sicily, and Rome.
She was also mentioned widely in literature in Greece and beyond. The people seemed to love and respect her. Additionally, she was also found in shrines dedicated to Ares, such as the one in Athens,. To view all the cults dedicated to her, and see how favorably she was in the minds of many different areas of the world, check out: Aphrodite Cults.
She embodied all that the ancient Greeks thought of with regards to beauty and love. It is interesting then that she has to struggle with love her whole life, not being married to someone she truly loves and having to sneak around with Ares. If this has piqued your interest, here are some other readings to get you started on your path to learning more about the Greek goddess of love.
Asuka Jr. The age of a goddess is effectively unknowable. Immortal and unaging, Aphrodites' age would have been unknown to any but perhaps Chronos, as she was 'born' from the sea after Chronos cut off Uranus' genitals and threw them into the sea.
This would have been before the time of the rest of the Greek gods, so of the normal pantheon, she is the oldest. To the Greek mythos, as far as I know, even the 'normal' members of the pantheon Zeus, Hera, Hephesteus, Diana, et al having origins before Zeus or shortly after the Titans were bound or slain outright , and thus before there was even land the time of Chaos , and it was through Zeus' actions of eliminating the Titans cuts out the competition, you know that all Greece and indeed if taken as a whole, ALL land was created.
This led to a feud with Persephone in which Zeus decreed Adonis should spend half of the year with Aphrodite and half of the year with Persephone. If you use any of the content on this page in your own work, please use the code below to cite this page as the source of the content.
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