The goddesses demurely stayed away, but many of the gods came to see the spectacle. Poseidon alone took pity on Aphrodite and pleaded for clemency for Ares.
They were freed and each retreated into hiding to avoid embarrassment. Hephaestus and Aphrodite parted ways. He entered into a second marriage to Aglaea, one of the Graces, and was by all accounts much happier with his new wife.
Ares and Aphrodite seemed to have continued their relationship, although it was not clear whether they were considered married. They went on to have many children together and were often shown together, for example when they fought on the same side in the Trojan War. Aphrodite was an example of an ancient fertility goddess archetype. Unlike Hera, Demeter , or Gaia, Aphrodite was characterized by attractiveness and the physical act of procreation.
It is likely that the story of her marriage to Hephaestus arose out of older folklore. She was driven by desire and pleasure, not loyalty or matrimonial vows. Marriage in Greek culture, particularly among the upper classes, was often arranged without regards for the feelings of the couple, particularly the bride. Marriages of convenience or for political gain had little to do with love or attraction.
Aphrodite was placed into such a marriage herself. While the ideal Greek woman would have been faithful to her husband, however, Aphrodite chose to follow her domain of love and desire. This would have been an option for men in the Greek world, but not for women. In fact, several texts treat the issue of extramarital affairs by men as a matter of fact rather than an exceptional or frowned-upon occurrence.
As the subject of the male gaze, Aphrodite had all the attributes a Greek man would have desired in a mistress. The story of her marriage, however, showed that beauty could be a negative trait in a wife as it would, in the Greek way of thinking, make her more likely to be unfaithful to her husband.
Greek myths often featured the god of war in embarrassment or defeat as a way of minimizing his power and, thus, his threat. First he is driven away by a lame smith, then he is captured in a compromising situation and publicly ridiculed.
By having the god of war outdone by the most physically imperfect god, the story continues the tradition of making Ares less intimidating. The Greeks valued perfection and attractiveness, both in their gods and in people. She washed ashore either at the city of Paphos on Cyprus accounting for her epithets Cypris and Paphian or on the island Cythera thus the epithet Cythereia. Homer calls Aphrodite the daughter of Zeus and Dione, who was either a Titan or one of the daughters of Oceanus.
Aphrodite was married to the blacksmith god, Hephaestus, but the two never had any children. This is not to say Aphrodite never had children, in fact she had several children from her long-standing affair with the war god, Ares. Hephaestus was not happy when he learned of this affair and trapped the lovers in a net [see Hephaestus ]. Aphrodite also had notable mortal lovers, including Adonis and Anchises. Adonis was a handsome young man and Aphrodite fell deeply in love with him. Zeus split the time into three parts.
He gave one to each goddess and one to Adonis himself to decide where to spend it. Adonis chose to spend his portion of the year with Aphrodite. This download is exclusively for KidsKonnect Premium members! To download this worksheet, click the button below to signup it only takes a minute and you'll be brought right back to this page to start the download! Sign Me Up. Editing resources is available exclusively for KidsKonnect Premium members.
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Click the Edit button above to get started. This sample is exclusively for KidsKonnect members! To download this worksheet, click the button below to signup for free it only takes a minute and you'll be brought right back to this page to start the download! Aphrodite is the Olympian goddess of love, beauty and pleasure.
She is the equivalent of the Roman goddess Venus. She wears a girdle-like belt called a cestus as her weapon to increase her female attraction. It is capable of making others fall in love with whoever wears it and Hera is known to borrow the belt on occasion. See the fact file below for more information on Aphrodite or alternatively, you can download our page Aphrodite worksheet pack to utilise within the classroom or home environment.
This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about Aphrodite across 26 in-depth pages. A weakness of Aphrodite is that every time she saw someone more beautiful or attractive then her she gave them a horrible life or killed them.
Another weakness of Aphrodite is that she cheated on her husband Hephaestus a lot. How many wives did Ares have? What is anchises afraid of after sleeping with Aphrodite? Anchises became afraid after sleeping with the goddess Aphrodite because he feed that he would loose his full strength. He feed that he like the mantis and spider would be harmed by his mate.
Did Poseidon and Aphrodite have a child? She bore him two daughters Rhodos and Herophilos. What is Aphrodite famous for? Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She is a member of the Twelve Olympian gods who live on Mount Olympus. She is famous for being the most beautiful of the goddesses. She even won a contest!
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