Destinee Philpott's Aphrodite: A Beautiful Greek Goddess

Aphrodite is growing quickly. She appears to thrive on the attention she gets from us: her mother and father. Strange words those, but also true in our case. It is odd to know that we are the parents of a child; one that we will watch grow up and become a leader of our new world. That is a great future to behold.

Aphrodite has two sides of being an eminent goddess. One side is the “ideal of female grace and beauty” where on the outside was a radiant goddess completely flawless (APHRODITE). The darker side of this goddess was her personality that was described as “ill-tempered” and “easily offended,” this demonstrated her being easily

Carrying more than one story to her name about her birth, Aphrodite’s most known way of being conceived is by her name as it translates to

Aphrodite is very mysterious; there is no definite reason of how she was conceived, although there are two stories. One is that she is the result of a fight between the gods Ouranos and Cronus. Cronus rips off and throws Ouranos’ genitals into the sea and when his flesh mixes with the sea foam, Aphrodite is conceived. “And so soon as he had

-Aphrodite was born from the mutilated genitals of Uranus after he was castrated and thrown into the sea. Hesiod’s account describes her birth and emphasizes her sexuality.

As soon as she saw Momus, the God of satire, Aphrodite knew that he was the one for her. Such an exquisite man, he did not seem to know what boundaries were, and found humor in even the darkest of situations. But, when he ridiculed Zeus and was banished from Mt. Olympus, Aphrodite immediately regretted her decision to bear his child. With great feelings of angst and resentment towards Momus, once the babe was born Aphrodite abandoned her in the home of an Amazon tribe. All the baby had was her father's mask and a name- Callidora. Callidora had an extremely difficult time growing up as an Amazonian warrior. Firstly, she was extremely clumsy. She could not hold a weapon and would constantly trip over her own feet. Also, she would consistently

The scene of nudity in the statue of Aphrodite looks intentional. This is concluded with the placid look on the marble’s face. She looks calm in dealing with her nude pose. It is as if she is heading towards the bathroom before the nude moment was captured. The marble statue of Aphrodite is life sized, thin, and fits a young woman by the normal modern standards. The height with the plinth is approximately sixty two and a half inches (158.8 cm).

Zeus and his sister, Hera, soon after the fall of the Titans had a son named Eelos. Eelos was a very handsome god and surpassed Apollo. He was a very kind god, teaching man to love at the age of five. Aphrodite had taught man to love before, but Eelos taught them to love deeper and think for one another, this made Aphrodite jealous. All the gods admired Eelos for his work, which made man more humble, and therefore made them worshipped the gods more. All but Aphrodite were pleased by Eelos, who felt robbed of her position on Mount Olympus. Aphrodite was also very jealous of Eelos’ beauty since it was more than she, herself had. Aphrodite spent many days planning to take Eelos’ source of power, his beauty, and give it to herself. Aphrodite created a crafty plan to seek

Most commonly written of in poems and myths, Aphrodite has many stories to go along

Athena and Aphrodite have similar myths about their births. According to GreekMythology.com “Athena is the daughter of Zues; her birth is unique in that she did not have a mother. Instead, she sprang full grown and clad in armour from Zeus ' forehead.” Aphrodite’s birth was similar, according to Micha Lindemans of Pantheon.org “She was born when Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus. Cronus threw them into the ocean. From the sea foam arose Aphrodite, and the sea carried her to Cyprus.” Athena and Aphrodite both have strange and similar beginnings to their lives. Neither myth mentions them having a mother, Athena arose from Zeus’ split skull after he complained of headache and Aphrodite arose from the sea foam on a sea shell. Another

Unlike the other Greek divinities (even the latecomer Dionysus whose name shows up in 13th century BC in Linear B), her name and fame are not thoroughly established by the time of Homer. Her name, in fact, is “not attested in Mycenaean Greek,” implying that she was an unknown figure in the Bronze age. While the name “Aphrodite” itself has a relatively standard compilation of epithets in Homeric epic, her eponyms Kupris and Kuthereia “are not attested evenly throughout the [Homeric] corpus, are restricted to relatively few contexts, and have no developed epithet systems” These names “were apparently not well established in Archaic epic.” This, I believe, is because Aphrodite did not exist as herself in pre-Homeric tradition. Instead, the Aphrodite we know and love is a standardized Greek name applied to different Eastern deities as they appear in Homeric tradition. These Eastern goddesses are responsible for many of the motives Aphrodite performs in the Iliad, and yet her name is the one associated with those motives in

One of the first mortals known was Demeter, the child of Zeus and Persephone, is known as the goddess of the underworld. After leaving Demeter, Zeus then moved on and mated with Leto with whom he then created the twin gods known as Artemis and Apollo. Apollo was known for many things following his birth. Apollo had a numours things he is remembered for, but a few is being the Olympian God of the Sun, the Light and the Music and the Prophecy. (GREEK-GODS.INFO 4).

After the second murderous plot, Zeus sent his son to live with the mountain nymphs so he could be protected. Dionysus married the princess Ariadne of Crete. He found her, abandoned, on the island of Naxos. Ariadne and been with Theseus on a mission to kill a Minotaur. On the way back from the mission, Theseus left her on the island of Naxos while she was sleeping. Dionysus and Ariadne had eight sons together. All eight of the sons were mortals, but they were all kings of important wine producing regions. Dionysus had many affairs with nymphs, goddesses, and other mortals. Most of his affairs led to him becoming a father to yet another child. He had a small affair with Aphrodite, the goddess of love. It did not last long, but they may be because Hera found out about it and cursed Aphrodite with an ugly child. Dionysus also had a sort of affair with the titan-goddess Aura, goddess of the breeze. One night he got her drunk and raped her. She conceived twins out of the night. She ate the first one out of rage and the second, Lakkohs, was saved by the

One of the best God’s of all the time, God of War also named has Ares known has Lover of Aphrodite, and here’s the full interesting report about everything about him. Ares represents the violent and physical untamed aspect of war, most characterized has a coward. Ares is considered to be similar to the Roman God Mars but he is generally thought to be more brutal and uncivilized.

A Similarity of both Apollo and Aphrodite manipulation is the revelations of the motives are revealed before their actions take place. In the first Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the story describes the beautiful, virgin goddess who falls in love with the mortal, Anchises. Aphrodite eludes the most powerful Greek god Zeus and in retaliation, Zeus forces Aphrodite to fall in love with a mortal which eventually leads to her falling in love with Anchises and have sex with him. Aphrodite intentions are made clear before any actions take place and is described, “And when she saw him, Aphrodite, lover of laughter, she loved him, and a terrifying desire seized her heart” (Aphrodite 87-88). Comparing this hymn to the second Homeric Hymn to apollo, the story has similarities to the story of Aphrodite. For example, Apollo also reveals his