One True Love : Aphrodite, The Goddess Of Love

One of the more memorable scenes in the poem is in Book 14 where Hera distracts Zeus while Posiedon helps the Achaeans make their attack. She receives a magic sash from Aphrodite that is filled with the powers of love and longing. She also elicits the aid of Sleep to put Zeus into a deep sleep after she distracts him with a sensuous act of lovemaking. She does this because Zeus wants no one to aid the Achaeans. But, Hera always seems to get what she wants. This scene is Hera’s “deception of Zeus and hence her triumph” (Berkert) She succeeds in making the father of the gods forget what

Zeus was not faithful; Hera had a belligerence toward Zeus. She started a revolt against him and planned to kill him. She thought that she could strap him under a tree with some ropes and whip him. It seemed like the plan would work but it only became total chaos. Zeus came back, and punished Hera in a portentous way by hanging her and whipping her. He made her promise not to harm him again.

Stemming from a desired standpoint, Aphrodite, a gorgeous, perpetual young woman with a beautiful body is known as the goddess of love and beauty. Graciously assisting men charm their desired spouse with love enchantments, Aphrodite herself was no stranger to divine lovers as she held various relationships with both gods and mortals. Yet, despite her dynamic desirability and mixed personality, Aphrodite had to overcome her weak and frightful self (http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/aphrodite/) due to her jealousy. Even though it was thought that she was born the daughter of Zeus and Dione, it was more frequently believed that she was born of the foam in the sea off of island Cyprus. Later on, Aphrodite went to marry lame smith Hephaestus, Olympian god of Iron, but was quietly acquiring a private affair with Ares, god of War.

Aphrodite was known for having many love affairs. She had an arranged marriage, set up by Zeus, with Hephaestus, the ugliest of the gods. Her true love was Ares, the god of war and violence. Hephaestus knew of the affair and to get back at her, he humiliated her in front of all the gods by setting a trap for the lovers. When the two were about to make love, they were scooped up into a net where all the gods could witness her betrayal. Ares and Aphrodite conceived many children: Eros being the most famous. He is also known as Cupid. (“Aphrodite History”)

The first Homeric Hymn of Aphrodite tells the story of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, desire, and beauty. She is the daughter of Zeus and highly regarded among both immortals and mortal men. The story recounts the power that Aphrodite possesses as well as the limitations of her power. One limitation this hymn primarily focuses on is a situation in which Aphrodite is humiliated. This myth utilizes strategies such as story structure and word choice in order to describe how Aphrodite is humiliated.

Another example of Zeus’ predisposition for not having control over his more human needs is the fact that Aphrodite has power over him. Aphrodite, the very powerful goddess of love and lust, flaunts about her alleged power over Zeus. This, however, angered Zeus and led to a very stern punishment for Aphrodite. Zeus was growing tired of Aphrodite’s arrogance, so he punished her by making her fall in love with a mortal named Anchises.

Aphrodite was the goddess of love, desire, and beauty. Apart from her natural beauty, she also had a magical girdle that compelled everyone to desire her. Aphrodite was the daughter of Zeus and Dione the mother goddess worshipped at the Oracls of Dodona.

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

Zeus was married to Metis the daughter of the ocean, Zeus found out Metis was pregnant and was sent a message from mother earth, saying, “A child soon to be born by your wife would be more powerful than you. “ Zeus felt threatened by the message and ate his wife to prevent the birth of the soon to be powerful child. Over a short period of time Zeus began to have a headache. He began to look for help and came across Hephares , Hephares helped Zeus by cutting open his forehead with an axe, there appeared beautiful Athena already fully armed . Athena was a very important goddess she was brave and had lots of wisdom. However Athena didn’t like to fight and would only take part in wars that defended her city and to keep the outside enemies away.

It could be argued by some that Aphrodite became truly hideous as she had a love affair with Ares, Greek god of war, while Hephaestus was completely loyal to his wife and their marriage, making him the “beautiful” one, if only for a moment. However, it can also be said that because Aphrodite was in a passionate relationship with someone, even if it was not her husband, the passion and light in her eyes only made her more beautiful. Hephaestus was, however, able to experience life completely, including the experience of pain as he is cheated on, as he has been in the presence of, and acknowledged the true beauty of and within Aphrodite. As marriage in the Aphrodisiacal sense was not solely about loving someone else, another fundamental aspect is loving oneself (true acceptance), which only relates to Paris’ central point of beauty touching every other aspect of our lives.

Zeus was known for a number of things, but his love affairs was one of the numerous things he was famous for. Zeus was the king of all the gods, he was known for the god of the skies, weather, fate and laws. Out of all of his lovers he had over the years, his first was known as Aphrodite. She was the goddess of beauty and was followed by Zeus when she first emerged from the great sea, but she managed to escape him. It did not take much time for Zeus’ wife Hera to realize that their marriage was falling into the deep end. Zeus had a deep lust which then made Hera’s jealousy fester. (Summary 1).

In Greek Mythology, women often have a miserable and sorrowful life when they are in love with a god; which will make women to become unfortunate. Selene is one of the victim who falls in love with Zeus, the Thunder lord. Zeus is madly in love with Selene and told her that he will do anything that she ask for. Selene wishes to see Zeus as the Lord of the Thunderbolt because Hera, the goddess of women and marriage, is jealous against Zeus’ other lovers and puts that wish into Selene’s heart. Zeus fulfills Selene’s wish because he have sworn by the river Styx, an oath which he cannot break. Before Selene could take a last glance at Zeus, she dies because no mortal can see an immortal. Therefore, Selene is unfortunate because she dies and cannot

It is almost like Aphrodite’s strengths are explained only to bolster up Zeus’ feats. Zeus uses this power, and “into Aphrodite herself Zeus sent sweet desire to sleep with a mortal man” (citation). Zeus is never reprimanded for this, despite the fact that it appears he used this power to admonish Aphrodite’s pride and powers. Its these same virtues that Zeus thrives through, ensuring that he is the only one who can boast these assets, so no one can challenge his authority. This authority is reference in the Hymn to Demeter, when Persephone is abducted and she calls “on Father Cronides, the highest of gods and the best. But no immortal god or mortal man heard her voice” (citation). When Zeus does not help Persephone, though, she is never abandoned, for “Thereafter for nine days Lady Deo roamed the earth” (citation). Demeter will not stand by while her daughter is abducted, going and asking of other gods, “Who it is that has gone off and ravished her away from me against her will? Who is it of gods or mortal men?” (citation). When Demeter discovers that “There is none other responsible of the immortals but Zeus himself,” Hecate tries to coax Demeter down, and although she “greatly pit[ies] and revere[s Demeter in her] sorrow,” she asks of Demeter, “Goddess, cease from your long lamenting. It is not fitting for you vainly to hold onto anger unassuaged like this” (citation). However, Demeter does not relent, and “grief more dread and bitter fell

A love goddess is a deity associated with sexuality, love, fertility, beauty, and in some occasion’s death. These goddess are common in mythology and may be found in many polytheistic religions. Although there are vast differences among these goddess’, since they have to serve each particular culture’s needs, there are also many similarities that can be drawn to them. There are two love goddess’ that are believed to have many similarities, they are the Greek goddess Aphrodite and the Norse goddess Freya. Although these goddess’ have many differences some similarities are their appearance, lost lovers, a love of beautiful things, charm, an association with the sea, the day Friday and fish.

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