Aphrodite

Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty.  She rose from the sea on soft pillows of sea foam.  In a previous blog post, I wrote that Cronus sliced Uranus to pieces.  The pieces of Uranus fell into the sea and created sea foam which made Aphrodite.  She was brought ashore by some nymphs and was dressed in beautiful clothing and jewelry.  She was sent to Mount Olympus.  When she arrived there, all of the gods were overwhelmed by her beauty.  Zeus was worried though.  He didn't want the other gods to fight over her marriage, so he quickly chose Hephaestus as her husband.  Hephaestus, overjoyed by his luck, gave her a lot of beautiful jewelry he made himself.  Aphrodite did not have children with Hephaestus, but had one child with Ares, the god of war.  Their son was named Eros, or Cupid, in Roman mythology.


I think Aphrodite is an amazing goddess.  How about you?

-Julie Shiroma