... goddesses were promiscuous. 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 ... quiet about sleeping with ...

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