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| − | In Greek mythology, '''Aphrodite''' was the [[Greece|Greek]] [[Goddess]] of [[beauty]] and [[love]].<ref name="a">{{Nuttall|Aphrodi`te}}</ref> | + | In Greek mythology, '''Aphrodite''' was the [[Greece|Greek]] [[Goddess]] of [[beauty]] and [[love]].<ref name="a">{{Nuttall|Aphrodi`te}}</ref> |
Aphrodite was married to [[Hephaestus]] (Vulcan), the [[blacksmith]] god.<ref name="a"/> She was also said to be secretly in love with [[Ares]] (A.K.A [[Mars]]), the god of [[war]]. | Aphrodite was married to [[Hephaestus]] (Vulcan), the [[blacksmith]] god.<ref name="a"/> She was also said to be secretly in love with [[Ares]] (A.K.A [[Mars]]), the god of [[war]]. | ||
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.<ref name="a"/> | 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.<ref name="a"/> | ||
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| + | She was the Roman Venus. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 23:17, August 18, 2008
In Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the Greek 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 (A.K.A Mars), the god of war.
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]
She was the Roman Venus.
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