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Portrayal and Symbolism · Phryne
If Apollo represented the ideal of the perfect male body to the Greeks, Aphrodite was certainly his most appropriate female counterpart. Beautiful and enchanting, she was frequently depicted nude, as a symmetrically perfect maiden, infinitely desirable and as infinitely out of reach. She was sometimes represented alongside Eros and with some of her major attributes and symbols: a magical girdle and a shell, a dove or a sparrow, roses, and myrtles.
Once, during an important religious festival, the hetaera Phryne decided to swim naked in the sea. The famous painter Apelles was so overwhelmed by the exquisite sight that he drew the most famous (now lost) painting of the Ancient World: 'Aphrodite Rising from the Sea.' Many artists have tried recreating it during the centuries past. The sculptor Praxiteles had a bit more luck than Apelles: he also modeled his most celebrated sculpture of Aphrodite after Phryne, but a copy of that sculpture has survived to this day. It is one of the first life-sized female nudes in history. Plato says that when Aphrodite saw the sculpture, 'Alas!' said she, 'where did Praxiteles see me naked?'
Epithets
Worshipped by basically everybody, Aphrodite, 'the One who rises from the sea' was appropriately called Pandemos, 'of all the people.' However, she was also called Ourania or 'heavenly,' so some Greek moralists tried to make a distinction between these two Aphrodites, claiming that Aphrodite Pandemos is the goddess of sexual desire and Aphrodite Ourania, the one of 'platonic love.' Now we know that this was the same goddess, called by numerous other contradictory epithets as well, which often describe the complex nature of love: 'smile-loving,' 'merciful,' and the 'One who postpones old age,' but also 'unholy,' 'the dark one,' 'the killer of men.'
Aphrodite's Birth
Homer and Hesiod tell two different stories about the origin of Aphrodite.
According to the former, Aphrodite was the daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Diona, thus making her a second-generation goddess, much like the most Olympians.
However, Hesiod retells the much more famous myth. According to him, Aphrodite was born when Uranus' genitals fell into the sea after he was castrated by his son Cronus. The goddess of love emerged from the waters on a scallop shell, fully-grown, nude, and more beautiful than anything anyone had ever seen before or since.
The Almighty Aphrodite: The Goddess Even Gods Can't Resist
Aphrodite Married to Hephaestus
Aphrodite was so lovely that only the three virgin goddesses – Artemis, Athena, and Hestia – were immune to her charms and power. Unsurprisingly, the second she got on Olympus, she inadvertently wreaked havoc amongst the other gods, each of whom instantly wanted to have her for himself. So as to prevent this, Zeus hurriedly married her to Hephaestus, the ugliest among the Olympians. Of course, this merely alleviated the problem: Aphrodite didn't plan to remain faithful.
Aphrodite and Ares
So, she started an affair with someone as destructive and as violent as herself: Ares. Helios, however, saw them and informed Hephaestus, after which the cuckolded god made sure to devise a fine bronze net, which ensnared the couple the next time they lay together in bed. To add insult to injury, Hephaestus called upon all the other gods to laugh at the adulterers and freed them only after Poseidon agreed to pay for their release.
Aphrodite and Poseidon
Poor Hephaestus! He couldn't have known that when Poseidon saw Aphrodite naked, he fell in love with her all over again. He must have found out later, since Aphrodite gave Poseidon at least one daughter, Rhode. And she didn't give up on Ares either! In fact, after the bronze net scandal, she bore the god of war as many as eight children: Deimos, Phobos, Harmonia, Adrestia and the four Erotes (Eros, Anteros, Pothos, and Himeros).
Aphrodite and Hermes
Hermes didn't have many consorts, but he did have Aphrodite at least once, as the very name of their offspring, Hermaphrodites, suggests. And if we take into account that Priapus is usually considered a son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, it seems that only Zeus and Hades managed to never fall for the goddess of love. But the second one didn't even live on Olympus, and the former may have been her father.
Aphrodite Among the Mortals
When she wasn't busy making other people fall in love, Aphrodite had some time to fall in love herself.
Adonis
Once, she took a baby boy she had found beside a myrrh tree to the Underworld and asked Persephone to take good care of him. However, when she went to visit him after many years, she instantly fell in love with the now unusually handsome mortal. So, he asked to have Adonis – for that was the boy's name – back. Persephone wouldn't allow this. Zeus settled the quarrel by dividing Adonis' time between the two goddesses. However, Adonis preferred Aphrodite and, when the time came, he didn't want to go back to the Underworld. Persephone sent a wild boar to kill him, and Adonis bled to death in Aphrodite's arms. The couple had two children: Beroe and Golgos.
Anchises
Another time, Aphrodite fell for a Trojan prince called Anchises. Pretending to be a princess herself, she seduced him and slept with him. Only afterward she revealed herself, promising him a noble son and warning him to keep the affair to himself. Anchises wasn't able to, so he was struck by Zeus' thunderbolt which blinded him. And he wasn't able to see his son, Aeneas, found the mighty Roman Empire.
Paris
Paris was the third and final mortal who was blessed with seeing Aphrodite naked. This happened when he was tasked with judging who of the three goddesses – Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena – was the fairest. Aphrodite promised Paris the most beautiful girl in the world if he chose her, so, naturally, he did. Aphrodite made sure that he gets Helen, the Spartan queen, an event which triggered the bloody decade-long Trojan War.
Aphrodite, the Unforgiving: Hippolytus, Eos, Diomedes, Psyche
Few dared to resist the power of Aphrodite, and she had mercy for none of them. Hippolytus preferred Artemis to her and vowed to eternal innocence. Aphrodite made his stepmother Phaedra fall in love with him, which resulted in the death of both her and Hippolytus.
After Aphrodite found out that Eos had slept with Ares, she cursed her to be perpetually – and unhappily – in love. Diomedes wounded the goddess during the Trojan War, and suddenly his wife Aegiale started sleeping around with his enemies.
Psyche would have gone through an even worse ordeal, but, fortunately for her, Eros – Aphrodite's avenger – shot himself instead of her and fell in love with Psyche instead.
Sources
Few poems are more beautiful than Lucretius' invocation of Aphrodite at the beginning of 'On the Nature of Things.' Compare this to the longest of the three Homeric Hymns dedicated to Aphrodite, the 5th one. Finally, Aphrodite is a constant companion of Aeneas in Virgil's 'Aeneid.'
See Also: Zeus, Dione, Cronus, Hephaestus, Aris
Aphrodite Q&A
Who was Aphrodite?
Aphrodite is the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, sexual pleasure, and fertility. She is regularly attended by few of her children, the Erotes, who are capable of stirring up passion in both mortals and gods at the goddess' will.
What did Aphrodite rule over?
Aphrodite ruled over the Love, the Beauty and the Procreation.
Where did Aphrodite live?
Aphrodite's home was Mount Olympus.
Who were the parents of Aphrodite?
The parent of Aphrodite was Uranus.
Who were brothers and sisters of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite had 26 siblings: Aeacus, Angelos, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Eileithyia, Enyo, Eris, Ersa, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses and the Moirai.
All Myths Are True
Who were the consorts of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite's consorts were Hephaestus, Ares, Poseidon, Hermes, Dionysus, Adonis and Anchises.
How many children did Aphrodite have?
Aphrodite had 14 children: Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Pothos, Anteros, Himeros, Hermaphroditus, Rhodos, Eryx, Peitho, The Graces, Priapus and Aeneas.
Which were the symbols of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite's symbols were the Dolphin, the Rose, the Scallop Shell, the Myrtle, the Dove, the Sparrow, the Girdle, the Mirror and the and Swan.
Which were the sacred animals of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite's sacred animals were the Dove and the Goose.
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Which were the sacred plants of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite's sacred plants were the Myrtle and the Rose.
Greek Mythology >> Greek Gods >> Olympian Gods >> Aphrodite >> Aphrodite FamilyTransliteration
Aphroditê
Translation
Venus
APHRODITE was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation.
This page provides an overview of the family of the goddess including her divine and mortal children and a referenced genealogical list.
The 'Loves' pages detail those liaisons which were elaborated upon in myth.
(1) DIVINE OFFSPRING
ANTEROS The god of reciprocal (or some say, unrequited) love was a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
BEROE The goddess of the city of Beroe (in Lebanon, Asia Minor) was a daughter of Adonis and Aphrodite. She wed the god Poseidon.
DEIMOS The god of fear was a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
EROS The winged boy god of love was a son of Aphrodite and her constant companion. (Some say the father was Ares, others that she was born pregnant with the child).
EROTES The winged godlings of love were sons of Aphrodite.
HARMONIA The goddess of harmony (marital and civic) was a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, born of their adulterous union. She was married to the mortal Kadmos, founding King of Thebes.
HERMAPHRODITOS The Hermaphroditic godling was a son of Hermes and Aphrodite. His form was merged with that of the Naiad Salmakis to form a creature that was half male and half female.
HIMEROS The god of desire, twin brother of Eros, was a son of Aphrodite. The goddess may have been born pregnant with the pair, giving birth to them as she grew from the sea-foam.
IAKKHOS (Iacchus) A god of the Eleusinian Mysteries, often called the Eleusinian Dionysos or Hermes was, according to the Orphic Hymns, a son of Dionysos and Aphrodite.
PEITHO The goddess of persuasion and seduction was sometimes said to be a daughter of Aphrodite. (She was usually, however, described as an Okeanis daughter of Okeanos and Tethys).
PHOBOS The god of panic was a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
POTHOS The god of sexual longing was a son of Aphrodite. He was one of the Erotes.
PRIAPOS (Priapus) The god of garden fertility was a son of Aphrodite by Dionysos, Zeus or Adonis.
RHODOS or RHODE The goddess of the island of Rhodes and wife of Helios was a daughter of Aphrodite and Poseidon.
(2) MORTAL OFFSPRING
AENEAS A prince of Dardania in the Troad (Asia Minor) who was born of Aphrodite and Ankhises. He led his people on the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War and later founded the Kingdom of the Latins (Rome).
ASTYNOOS A prince of Syria (West Asia). He was a son of Aphrodite and Phaethon.
ERYX A king of Sikelia (Sicily) (southern Italy) who was born of Aphrodite and the Argonaut Boutes.
HEROPHILOS or HEROPHILE One of the sibyl prophetesses who was said to be a daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite.
LYROS A prince of Dardania in the Troad (Asia Minor) who was born to Aphrodite and Ankhises.
GENEALOGICAL LISTING
OFFSPRING IMMORTAL
[1.1] HARMONIA, DEIMOS, PHOBOS (by Ares) (Hesiod Theogony 933, Hyginus Preface)
[1.2] HARMONIA (by Ares) (Aeschylus Suppliants 1038, Euripides Bacchae 1357, Apollodorus 3.25, Ovid Metamorphoses 3.131, Nonnus Dionysiaca 3.373)
[2.1] EROTES, THE(Pindar Eulogies Frag 122, Aeschylus Suppliants 1039, Orphic Hymn 55, Ovid Fasti 4.1, Ovid Heroides 7.59, Seneca Phaedra 274, Valerius Flaccus 7.171, Colluthus 82, Nonnus Dionysiaca 33.4)
[2.2] EROS(Ibycus Frag 284, The Anacreontea Frag 44, Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 3.82, Pausanias 9.27.1, Plato Phaedrus, Oppian Halieutica 4.10, Hyginus Astronomica 2.30, Ovid Metamorphoses 1.452 & 5.363, Statius Silvae 1.2.51, Apuleius 11.218, Nonnus Dionysiaca 4.238 & 33.4)
[2.3] EROS (by Ares) (Ibycus Frag 575, Nonnus Dionysiaca 5.88)
[2.4] EROS (she was born pregnant with him from the sea-foam) (Sappho Frag 198, Nonnus 33.4 & 41.128)
[2.5] EROS, HIMEROS (she was born pregnant with him from the sea-foam) (possibly Hesiod Theog. 176)
[2.6] HIMEROS(Aeschylus The Supliants 1039)
[2.7] ANTEROS (by Ares) (Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.21)
[2.8] EROS, ANTEROS(Seneca Phaedra 274)
[3.1] HERMAPHRODITOS (by Hermes) (Diodorus Siculus 4.6.5, Hyginus Fabulae 271, Ovid Metamorphoses 4.288, Cicero De Natura Deor. 3.21)
[4.1] THE EROTES, POTHOS, PEITHO, HARMONIA (Aeschylus Suppliants 1039)
[4.2] PEITHO(Sappho Frag 96, 200)
[5.1] PRIAPOS (by Dionysos) (Pausanias 9.31.2, Diodorus Siculus 4.6.1)
[5.2] PRIAPOS (by Adonis) (Tzetzes on Lycophron 831)
[5.3] PRIAPOS (by Zeus) (Suidas s.v. Priapos)
[6.1] RHODOS, HEROPHILOS (by Poseidon) (Scholiast on Pindar's Pythian 8.24)
[6.2] RHODE(Pindar Olympian 7)
[7.1] IAKKHOS (by Dionysos) (Orphic Hymn 57)
[8.1] BEROE (by Adonis) (Nonnus Dionysiaca 41.155)
OFFSPRING MORTAL
KINGDOM OF DARDANIA, MYSIA (Anatolia)
[1.1] AENEAS (by Ankhises) (Homer Iliad 2.820, Hesiod Theogony 1008, Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 200, Pausanias 8.12.8, Hyginus Fabulae 94, Ovid Metamorphoses 13.624)
[1.2] AENEAS, LYROS (by Ankhises) (Apollodorus 3.141)
KINGDOM OF SYRIA (West Asia) Inspiration software teacher discount.
[1.1] ASTYNOOS (by Phaethon) (Apollodorus 3.181)
KINGDOMS OF SIKELIA (Southern Italy)
[1.1] ERYX (by Boutes) (Diodorus Siculus 4.23.2)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
FAMILY MT OLYMPOS (HOME OF THE GODS)
LOVED : 1. Hephaistos, god of smiths; 3 - 5. Ares, god of war; 8. Dionysos, god of wine.
MOTHERED : 2 - 3. Deimos & Phobos, gods of fear & terror; 4. Harmonia, goddess of harmony; 5. Anteros, god of love returned; 6. Peitho, goddess of persuasion; 7. Pothos, god of loving; 8. Iakkhos, god.
I - 3) DEIMOS, PHOBOS & HARMONIA Gods
For the MYTH of the Aphrodite, her husband Hephaistos and lover Ares see
Aphrodite Loves: Ares & Hephaistos
For MORE information on these gods see DEIMOS & PHOBOS; HARMONIA
The parent of Aphrodite was Uranus.
Who were brothers and sisters of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite had 26 siblings: Aeacus, Angelos, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Eileithyia, Enyo, Eris, Ersa, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses and the Moirai.
All Myths Are True
Who were the consorts of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite's consorts were Hephaestus, Ares, Poseidon, Hermes, Dionysus, Adonis and Anchises.
How many children did Aphrodite have?
Aphrodite had 14 children: Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Pothos, Anteros, Himeros, Hermaphroditus, Rhodos, Eryx, Peitho, The Graces, Priapus and Aeneas.
Which were the symbols of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite's symbols were the Dolphin, the Rose, the Scallop Shell, the Myrtle, the Dove, the Sparrow, the Girdle, the Mirror and the and Swan.
Which were the sacred animals of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite's sacred animals were the Dove and the Goose.
Who S Who All About Myths Aliens
Which were the sacred plants of Aphrodite?
Aphrodite's sacred plants were the Myrtle and the Rose.
Greek Mythology >> Greek Gods >> Olympian Gods >> Aphrodite >> Aphrodite FamilyTransliteration
Aphroditê
Translation
Venus
APHRODITE was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation.
This page provides an overview of the family of the goddess including her divine and mortal children and a referenced genealogical list.
The 'Loves' pages detail those liaisons which were elaborated upon in myth.
(1) DIVINE OFFSPRING
ANTEROS The god of reciprocal (or some say, unrequited) love was a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
BEROE The goddess of the city of Beroe (in Lebanon, Asia Minor) was a daughter of Adonis and Aphrodite. She wed the god Poseidon.
DEIMOS The god of fear was a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
EROS The winged boy god of love was a son of Aphrodite and her constant companion. (Some say the father was Ares, others that she was born pregnant with the child).
EROTES The winged godlings of love were sons of Aphrodite.
HARMONIA The goddess of harmony (marital and civic) was a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, born of their adulterous union. She was married to the mortal Kadmos, founding King of Thebes.
HERMAPHRODITOS The Hermaphroditic godling was a son of Hermes and Aphrodite. His form was merged with that of the Naiad Salmakis to form a creature that was half male and half female.
HIMEROS The god of desire, twin brother of Eros, was a son of Aphrodite. The goddess may have been born pregnant with the pair, giving birth to them as she grew from the sea-foam.
IAKKHOS (Iacchus) A god of the Eleusinian Mysteries, often called the Eleusinian Dionysos or Hermes was, according to the Orphic Hymns, a son of Dionysos and Aphrodite.
PEITHO The goddess of persuasion and seduction was sometimes said to be a daughter of Aphrodite. (She was usually, however, described as an Okeanis daughter of Okeanos and Tethys).
PHOBOS The god of panic was a son of Ares and Aphrodite.
POTHOS The god of sexual longing was a son of Aphrodite. He was one of the Erotes.
PRIAPOS (Priapus) The god of garden fertility was a son of Aphrodite by Dionysos, Zeus or Adonis.
RHODOS or RHODE The goddess of the island of Rhodes and wife of Helios was a daughter of Aphrodite and Poseidon.
(2) MORTAL OFFSPRING
AENEAS A prince of Dardania in the Troad (Asia Minor) who was born of Aphrodite and Ankhises. He led his people on the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War and later founded the Kingdom of the Latins (Rome).
ASTYNOOS A prince of Syria (West Asia). He was a son of Aphrodite and Phaethon.
ERYX A king of Sikelia (Sicily) (southern Italy) who was born of Aphrodite and the Argonaut Boutes.
HEROPHILOS or HEROPHILE One of the sibyl prophetesses who was said to be a daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite.
LYROS A prince of Dardania in the Troad (Asia Minor) who was born to Aphrodite and Ankhises.
GENEALOGICAL LISTING
OFFSPRING IMMORTAL
[1.1] HARMONIA, DEIMOS, PHOBOS (by Ares) (Hesiod Theogony 933, Hyginus Preface)
[1.2] HARMONIA (by Ares) (Aeschylus Suppliants 1038, Euripides Bacchae 1357, Apollodorus 3.25, Ovid Metamorphoses 3.131, Nonnus Dionysiaca 3.373)
[2.1] EROTES, THE(Pindar Eulogies Frag 122, Aeschylus Suppliants 1039, Orphic Hymn 55, Ovid Fasti 4.1, Ovid Heroides 7.59, Seneca Phaedra 274, Valerius Flaccus 7.171, Colluthus 82, Nonnus Dionysiaca 33.4)
[2.2] EROS(Ibycus Frag 284, The Anacreontea Frag 44, Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 3.82, Pausanias 9.27.1, Plato Phaedrus, Oppian Halieutica 4.10, Hyginus Astronomica 2.30, Ovid Metamorphoses 1.452 & 5.363, Statius Silvae 1.2.51, Apuleius 11.218, Nonnus Dionysiaca 4.238 & 33.4)
[2.3] EROS (by Ares) (Ibycus Frag 575, Nonnus Dionysiaca 5.88)
[2.4] EROS (she was born pregnant with him from the sea-foam) (Sappho Frag 198, Nonnus 33.4 & 41.128)
[2.5] EROS, HIMEROS (she was born pregnant with him from the sea-foam) (possibly Hesiod Theog. 176)
[2.6] HIMEROS(Aeschylus The Supliants 1039)
[2.7] ANTEROS (by Ares) (Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.21)
[2.8] EROS, ANTEROS(Seneca Phaedra 274)
[3.1] HERMAPHRODITOS (by Hermes) (Diodorus Siculus 4.6.5, Hyginus Fabulae 271, Ovid Metamorphoses 4.288, Cicero De Natura Deor. 3.21)
[4.1] THE EROTES, POTHOS, PEITHO, HARMONIA (Aeschylus Suppliants 1039)
[4.2] PEITHO(Sappho Frag 96, 200)
[5.1] PRIAPOS (by Dionysos) (Pausanias 9.31.2, Diodorus Siculus 4.6.1)
[5.2] PRIAPOS (by Adonis) (Tzetzes on Lycophron 831)
[5.3] PRIAPOS (by Zeus) (Suidas s.v. Priapos)
[6.1] RHODOS, HEROPHILOS (by Poseidon) (Scholiast on Pindar's Pythian 8.24)
[6.2] RHODE(Pindar Olympian 7)
[7.1] IAKKHOS (by Dionysos) (Orphic Hymn 57)
[8.1] BEROE (by Adonis) (Nonnus Dionysiaca 41.155)
OFFSPRING MORTAL
KINGDOM OF DARDANIA, MYSIA (Anatolia)
[1.1] AENEAS (by Ankhises) (Homer Iliad 2.820, Hesiod Theogony 1008, Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 200, Pausanias 8.12.8, Hyginus Fabulae 94, Ovid Metamorphoses 13.624)
[1.2] AENEAS, LYROS (by Ankhises) (Apollodorus 3.141)
KINGDOM OF SYRIA (West Asia) Inspiration software teacher discount.
[1.1] ASTYNOOS (by Phaethon) (Apollodorus 3.181)
KINGDOMS OF SIKELIA (Southern Italy)
[1.1] ERYX (by Boutes) (Diodorus Siculus 4.23.2)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
FAMILY MT OLYMPOS (HOME OF THE GODS)
LOVED : 1. Hephaistos, god of smiths; 3 - 5. Ares, god of war; 8. Dionysos, god of wine.
MOTHERED : 2 - 3. Deimos & Phobos, gods of fear & terror; 4. Harmonia, goddess of harmony; 5. Anteros, god of love returned; 6. Peitho, goddess of persuasion; 7. Pothos, god of loving; 8. Iakkhos, god.
I - 3) DEIMOS, PHOBOS & HARMONIA Gods
For the MYTH of the Aphrodite, her husband Hephaistos and lover Ares see
Aphrodite Loves: Ares & Hephaistos
For MORE information on these gods see DEIMOS & PHOBOS; HARMONIA
4) ANTEROS God
Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3. 21 (trans. Rackham) (Roman rhetorician C1st B.C.) :
'[Venus-Aphrodite] the daughter of Jupiter [Zeus] and Dione, wedded Vulcanus [Hephaistos], but is said to have been the mother of Anteros by Mars [Ares].' Food chains .
For MORE information on this god see ANTEROS
5 - 6) PEITHO & POTHOS Gods
Sappho, Fragment 96 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric I) (C6th B.C.) :
'Nursling of Kytherea [Aphrodite], but elsewhere she calls Peitho a daughter of Aphrodite.'
Sappho, Fragment 200 :
'Sappho says Peitho, was the daughter of Aphrodite.'
Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 1038 ff (trans. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) :
'And in the train of their mother [Aphrodite] are Pothos (Desire) and she to whom nothing is denied, winning Peitho (Persuasion); and to Harmonia (Harmony) has been given a share of Aphrodite, and to the whispering touches of the Erotes (Loves).'
For MORE information on this goddess see PEITHO
7) IAKKHOS God
Orphic Hymn 57 to Chthonian Hermes (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) :
'O Bakkheios Hermes [Iakkhos], progeny divine of Dionysos, parent of the vine, and of celestial Aphrodite, Paphian queen, dark-eyelashed Goddess, of a lovely mien.'
For MORE information on this god see IAKKHOS
FAMILY AEGEAN SEA (GREEK AEGEAN)
LOVED : 3 - 4. Poseidon, god of the sea; 5. Nerites, sea-god.
MOTHERED : 1. Eros, god of love; 2. Himeros, god of desire; 3. Rhode, goddess of Rhodes; 4. Herophile.
For the MYTH of the birth of Eros and Himeros see The Birth of Aphrodite
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Nerites see Aphrodite Loves: Nerites
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Poseidon see Aphrodite Loves: Poseidon
For MORE information on these gods see EROS,HIMEROS, RHODE
FAMILY IN MYSIA (ANATOLIA)
LOVED : 1 - 2. Ankhises, king of Dardania; 3. Hermes, god of flocks; 4. Dionysos or Zeus, gods.
MOTHERED : 1 - 2 Aeneas & Lyros, princes of Dardania; 3. Hermaphroditos, god; 4. Priapos, god.
1 - 2) AENEAS & LYROS Princes of Dardania
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 141 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
'Aphrodite, in erotic passion, had sex with Ankhises [of Dardania, near Troy] and gave birth to Aeneias, and to Lyros, who left no heirs.'
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Ankhises see Aphrodite Loves: Ankhises
3) HERMAPHRODITOS Minor god
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Hermes see Aphrodite Loves: Hermes
For MORE information on the god Hermaphroditos see HERMAPHRODITOS
4) PRIAPOS God
Priapos was a fertility god native the Mysian city of Lampsakos.
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Dionysos see Aphrodite Loves: Dionysos
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Zeus see Aphrodite Loves: Zeus
For MORE information on the god Priapos see PRIAPOS
FAMILY IN CYPRUS, PHOENICIA & SYRIA (WEST ASIA)
LOVED : 1. Adonis, prince of Kypros, Syria or Phoinikia; 2. Phaethon, Syrian pirest.
MOTHERED : 1. Beroe, goddess of Beruit; 2. Astynoos, king of Syria.
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Adonis see Aphrodite Loves: Adonis
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Phaethon see Aphrodite Loves: Phaethon
For MORE information on the goddess Beroe see BEROE
FAMILY IN SICILY (SOUTHERN ITALY)
LOVED : 1. Boutes, king of Elymoi.
MOTHERED : 1. Eryx, king of Elymoi.
For the MYTH of the love of Aphrodite & Boutes see Aphrodite Loves: Boutes
SOURCES
GREEK
- Greek Lyric I Sappho, Fragments - Greek Lyric C6th B.C.
- Aeschylus, Suppliant Women - Greek Tragedy C5th B.C.
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.
- The Orphic Hymns- Greek Hymns C3rd B.C. - C2nd A.D.
ROMAN
- Cicero, De Natura Deorum - Latin Rhetoric C1st B.C.
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