What is Aphrodite the goddess of?
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love and beauty
Aphrodite kindles desire in gods and mortals alike; her weapon is attraction itself.
💡 Did you know? Her magic girdle made any wearer irresistible: even Hera once borrowed it.
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From what was Aphrodite born, according to legend?
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from the sea foam
From the foam produced by the body parts of Uranus fallen into the sea, Aphrodite rose up.
💡 Did you know? Botticelli's „Birth of Venus“ shows her blown ashore on a shell.
Which animal is sacred to Aphrodite?
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the dove
The dove is Aphrodite's sacred animal; her plants are the rose and the myrtle.
💡 Did you know? The red rose is said to have sprung from the blood of her dying lover Adonis.
To which god was Aphrodite married?
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Hephaestus
Of all gods it was the fairest goddess who was wed to the crippled smith Hephaestus.
💡 Did you know? But her heart belonged to the war god Ares: the secret affair became a scandal on Olympus.
What did Aphrodite set in motion with the Judgement of Paris?
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the Trojan War
Paris judged Aphrodite the fairest; in return she won him the beautiful Helen.
💡 Did you know? The „apple of discord“ inscribed „to the fairest“ still stands for anything that provokes a quarrel.
Who is Aphrodite's winged son?
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Eros
The love god Eros, often her son and companion, kindles love with his arrows.
💡 Did you know? Even Aphrodite herself was once struck by one of her son's arrows and fell in love with a mortal.
What is Aphrodite called by the Romans?
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Venus
For the Romans, Aphrodite is the love goddess Venus, revered as the ancestress of Rome.
💡 Did you know? The brightly shining planet Venus (the „morning“ and „evening star“) is named after her.
Which island is held to be Aphrodite's home?
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Cyprus
Near Paphos she stepped ashore from the foam.
💡 Did you know? After the island she was also called “Cypris”.
Which garment made Aphrodite irresistible?
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her magic girdle
Even Hera borrowed it on occasion.
💡 Did you know? In Homer she beguiles Zeus himself with it.
Which beautiful youth did Aphrodite love and lose?
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Adonis
A boar killed him in the hunt.
💡 Did you know? From his blood sprang the adonis flowers.
Which Trojan hero was Aphrodite's son?
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Aeneas
Rome's ancestor in Virgil's epic.
💡 Did you know? Caesar's line called Venus its ancestress.
Which Renaissance painting shows Venus rising from the sea on a scallop shell?
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Botticelli's “Birth of Venus”
Adrift on the shell, today in the Uffizi.
💡 Did you know? The Venus on the shell became an outright icon.
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