They had many mortal flaws, such as anger and jealousy, but above all else, love. It

caused them as much sadness and happiness as the objects of their love, which were,

for the most part, mortal humans. They had affairs with quite a few, and flirted with even

more in their quest it. The problem was that almost all the gods and goddesses were

already married, so their spouses would become exceedingly vengeful whenever an

infidelity occurred. Yet this did not bother some of them. Greek and Roman gods and

The goddess of love, Aphrodite, is the first god to come to mind when promiscuity

is mentioned. Known as Venus in Rome, she was married to her brother Hephaestus,

or Vulcan as he was sometimes known. It is thought that they had an unhappy marriage

arranged by their father Zeus, as well as no children (Guerber 39), which led Aphrodite

to be unfaithful toward him. As stated in Classical Greece by C.M. Bowra, the one she

chose to sleep with most often was another one of her brothers, Ares (180). Bowra also

makes note that they had several children together, including Terror, Fear (180),

that when Callisto had a son by him, Arcas, Hera turned her into a bear (429). Zeus

Muses, whom he had with his aunt, Mnemosyne (Untangle). Zeus demonstrated

Hera, his third wife, is probably the most well known. His first wife was called Metis,

interesting form of a golden shower of light, and later gave birth to Perseus (198). The

above them, but did not hesitate to take lovers of their own to favor. They could fall in

Adonis, who her aunt Persephone was also smitten with, and consequently they fought

love as quick as they were to anger, but they much preferred falling in love. Greek and

granddaughter of a Titan, Dione was seduced by Zeus and gave birth to the prettiest of

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