Biography of greek goddess aphrodite

Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty & Desire (Pleasure)

Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and desire, stands as one of the most captivating and influential deities in ancient Greek mythology.

Love and beauty are ideas essentially connected, and Aphrodite was therefore also the goddess of beauty and gracefulness. Aphrodite had chosen the side of Paris and so, as far as she was concerned, that side should win. And so Helen went to Paris, where the two then stayed.

Despite Menelaus’ clear win on the battlefield, the war did not end as promised, simply because Hera did not want it to.

She was one of the three goddesses, along with Hera and Athena, who claimed the golden apple inscribed “To the fairest.” They asked Zeus to judge the contest, but he refused. And now I will remember you and another song also."

Homeric Hymn 10 to Aphrodite :
"Of Kythereia (Cytherea) [Aphrodite], born in Kypros (Cyprus), I will sing.

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The statue of Pygmalion which was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to his prayers. 23. But, instead, the baby was saved, first by a bear who recognized a baby’s hungry cries, and later by shepherds who took him in as their own and named him Paris.

He grew up to be a kind-hearted, innocent, and astonishingly good-looking young man, who had no idea of his noble lineage.

In her fright she abandoned her son, and was carried by Iris in the chariot of Ares to Olympus, where she complained of her misfortune to her mother Dione, but was laughed at by Hera and Athena.

For she was clad in a robe out-shining the brightness of fire, a splendid robe of gold, enriched with all manner of needlework, which shimmered like the moon over her tender breasts, a marvel to see. Aphrodite rescued Paris from Menelaus by enveloping him in a cloud and taking him back to Troy. Theog. 190; compare Anadyomene.) With the exception of the Homeric hymn on Aphrodite there is no trace of this legend in Homer, and according to him Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and Dione.

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The judgement of Paris in which the goddess was awarded the prize of the golden apple in return for promising Paris Helene in marriage. of Adonis and Aphrodite. So in their fear, the king and queen sent their Trojan prince to the mountains to be torn apart by wolves. . Theog. 934, &c., Scut.