In Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the Goddess of beauty and love.[1]

Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus (Vulcan), the blacksmith god.[1] She was also said to be secretly in love with Ares the god of war (known in Roman mythology as Mars).

Being the queen of beauty she had been given the golden apple by Paris, and possessed the power of conferring beauty, by means of her magic girdle, the cestus, on others.[1]

Her Roman counterpart was Venus.

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Aphrodi`te originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood

## See also[edit]

* Iliad
* Oracle at Delphi

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Deities of Greek Mythology

Primordial Deities|

Aether • Chaos • Erebus • Eros • Gaia • Nyx • Tartarus • Uranus

Titans|

Titanides:|

Mnemosyne • Phoebe • Rhea • Tethys • Theia • Themis

Offspring:|

Asteria • Atlas • Eos • Epimetheus • Helios • Leto • Menoetius • Prometheus • Selene

Olympians|

Aphrodite • Apollo • Ares • Artemis • Athena • Demeter • Dionysus • Hades • Hebe • Hephaestus • Hera • Hermes • Hestia • Persephone • Poseidon • Zeus

Other Deities|

Asclepius • Pan • Nymphs • Erinyes

Monsters|

Cyclopes • Charybdis • Gorgon • Graeae • Harpies • Medusa • Polyphemus • Scylla

Muses|

Calliope • Clio • Erato • Euterpe • Melpomene • Polyhymnia • Terpsichore • Thalia • Urania

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The Iliad

Deities|

Aphrodite • Apollo • Ares • Athena • Eris • Hades • Hera • Hermes • Thetis • Proteus • Poseidon • Zeus

Locations|

Ithaca • Lycia • Mycenae • Sparta • Troy • Wooden horse

Achaeans (Greeks)|

Achilles • Agamemnon • Ajax • Briseis • Calchas • Diomedes • Idomeneus • Menelaus • Nestor • Odysseus • Patroclus

Trojans & allies|

Men|

Aeneas • Glaucus • Hector • Panadaros • Paris • Priam • Sarpedon

Women|

Andromache • Cassandra •Hecuba • Helen