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Adam Clark
Miss Turner
Great Communicators
19 April 2016
Aphrodite

Aphrodite was the goddess beauty, love and desire. (There are two accounts
of her birth. According to one, she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the mother
goddess worshipped at the Oracls of Dodona. However, the other account, which is
more prevalent, informs us that she arose from the sea on a giant scallop, after
Cronus castrated Uranus and tossed his severed genitals into the sea. Aphrodite
then walked to the shore of Cyprus. In a different version of the myth, she was born
near the island of Cythera, hence her epithet "Cytherea".)
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(Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus; however, she had an affair with

her brother Ares, god of war. When Hephaestus found out about the affair, he
devised a plan and managed to humiliate his wife and her lover to the other
Olympians. Her holy tree was the myrtle, while her holy birds were the dove, the
swan, and the sparrow.
Aphrodite represented sex, affection, and the attraction that binds people
together.) She was probably one of the most important goddesses out of all the
goddess. Without her the world would be empty and dry because there is know one
to love that means know kids which leads to the empty world.

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Some facts about Aphrodite:

She was the mother of Hermaphroditus by Hermes.

Aphrodite and her son Eros (Cupid) teamed up to cause Zeus to fall in love
with a human named Europa.

Aphrodite used a swan-drawn car to glide easily through the air.

Works Cited
Aphrodite. Greek Gods and Goddesses. 19 Sept. 2014. Web. 19 April 2016.
http://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/goddesses/aphrodite/
Aphrodite. Greek Mythology. 2016. Web. 19 April 2016.
http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Aphrodite/aphrodite.html