Aphrodite's beauty is very feminine and lovely unlike the other Olympian goddesses who’s beauty is very dignified. Aphrodite’s attendants are called “the Graces”. The Graces dance with her, bath her, and make her cloths.

The story of Aphrodite’s birth goes like this...Aphrodite was born when Uranus (who was the father of the gods) was castrated by Cronus, his son. Cronus then through the genitals into the ocean which then began to foam. Then out of the sea foam came Aphrodite. The ocean carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera. Aphrodite’s name means foam born.

After Aphrodite was born Zeus was afraid that the gods would fight over her hand in marriage. To avoi

“ I sing of beautiful Aphrodite of Cyprus and the sea, where the camp force of Zephyr breath carried her along on the waves of the resounding sea and soft foam. The hours happily received her and put divine garments around her. On her immortal head they placed a crown, carefully made of gold. In the pierced lobes of her ears they placed flowers of copper. On her delicate neck and silver breasts they put necklaces of gold.”

“Then they led her to the immortals who welcomed her and reached out their hands to her. They gawked at the figure of the Cytherean crowned in violets. Farewell, quick blinking, sweet smiling goddess, grant me victory in this contest, favor my song and I’ll remember you in another.”

Aphrodite loved Alexandros (Paris). Her love for Paris was a major event that led up to the Trojan War and made it the Bloodiest and saddest war. The Trojans and the Greeks decided that Menelaos (Helen’s Greek husband) and Alexandros (Helen’s Trojan lover) would fight over Helen in a single fight. The armies of

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