Aphrodite's Life

               Aphrodite was created from the foam of the crystal waters of Paphos in Cyprus. I t happened when the titan Cronos slew his father, the major titan Ouranos, and threw his genitals into the sea.

                She was the most attractive goddess of Mount Olympus. She was always falling in love with someone or someone was falling in love with her.  Aphrodite was married to Hepheastus, the smith of Heaven and God of Iron. However her heart was devoted to Ares, the God of war.

                A myth says that Aphrodite gave birth to Eros, the winged cupid of love. She was often accompanied by him. Her other children were Hemeros, Pothos (desire), Phobos (fear), Demos, Harmonia, and Rhodes.

             

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