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| Aphrodite | |
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Goddess of love and beauty | |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | In the Iliad: Zeus and Dione In Theogony: Uranus's severed genitals |
| Siblings | Aeacus, Angelos, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Eileithyia, Enyo, Eris, Ersa, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses, the Moirai, or the Titans, the Cyclopes, the Meliae, the Erinyes (Furies), the Giants, the Hekatonkheires |
| Equivalents | |
| Roman equivalent | Venus |
| Mesopotamian equivalent | Inanna/Ishtar |
| Canaanite equivalent | Astarte |
Aphrodite (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē) is the Ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty. Aphrodite is one of the Twelve Olympians. The most beautiful and refined of the goddesses, Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, god of fire and metalworking. Aphrodite had numerous affairs with other beings, the most notable of these being Ares, the god of war.
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