APHRODITE

BACKGROUND INFO.

• Aphrodite is said to have been born straight into adulthood, and had skipped her childhood.
• Aphrodite is also known as Cytherea and Cypris after the two cult sites which is the place of her birth.
• Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus.
• Aphrodite had many other names, such as Acidalia, and Cerigo, each used by a different local cult of the goddess in Greece.
• Late 5th century B.C. philosophers had started to draw a distinction between two different Aphrodite's.

EARLY STORY

• In the most famous of her myth, her birth was result of castration.
• Cronus severed Uranus genitals and threw them into the sea.
• The sea foam from his genitals arose Aphrodite.
• It says that as the foam grew so did Aphrodite, and eventually she
• Washed ashore on a giant sea shell.

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SYMBOLS

• Sacred animal is the dove.
• Mirror
• Girdle
• SeaShell
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APHRODITE'S STRENGTHS

• She was very beautiful.
• Due to how beautiful she was there was a fear that jealously would starts war.
• She was very clever.
• She was admired by many women.

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