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    Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus but had several affairs, including with Ares. Hephaestus learned of the affair between Aphrodite and Ares and trapped them in a net. Aphrodite's origins involve emerging from sea foam after Uranus' genitals were cast into the sea. She later had affairs with both Poseidon and Paris of Troy, beginning the Trojan War by promising Paris the most beautiful woman, Helen of Sparta. Aphrodite supported the Trojans during the war by protecting Paris and her son Aeneas.

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    Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus but had several affairs, including with Ares. Hephaestus learned of the affair between Aphrodite and Ares and trapped them in a net. Aphrodite's origins involve emerging from sea foam after Uranus' genitals were cast into the sea. She later had affairs with both Poseidon and Paris of Troy, beginning the Trojan War by promising Paris the most beautiful woman, Helen of Sparta. Aphrodite supported the Trojans during the war by protecting Paris and her son Aeneas.

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    Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus but had several affairs, including with Ares. Hephaestus learned of the affair between Aphrodite and Ares and trapped them in a net. Aphrodite's origins involve emerging from sea foam after Uranus' genitals were cast into the sea. She later had affairs with both Poseidon and Paris of Troy, beginning the Trojan War by promising Paris the most beautiful woman, Helen of Sparta. Aphrodite supported the Trojans during the war by protecting Paris and her son Aeneas.

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    Aphrodite ( Ideas behind the posts )

    Post 1 : Facts about Aphrodite


    The first post is an introduction to Aphrodite. Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of
    love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. I tried to keep it simple and show her
    personality a little bit .

    Post 2 : Aphrodite marrying Hephaestus

    Zeus married his daughter, Aphrodite, to the ugliest of his children, Hephaestus, for two main
    reasons. The first reason was to give Aphrodite to Hephaestus as a peace offering to free Hera
    from his trap. The other reason for this was to stop the Gods from fighting for her hand in
    marriage.

    Post 3 : Aphrodite and Ares affair

    Aphrodite had a number of lovers and affairs while she was married to Hephaestus. Some of
    the affairs were more significant than others in the events of the Greek myths. Ares was actually
    the brother of Hephaestus, yet this didn’t stop him having an affair with Aphrodite.

    Post 4 : Hephaestus finding out about Ares and Aphrodite

    The sun god Helios told Hephaestus of the affair and he decided to spring a trap. When the
    lovers were together he caught them in a net and invited the other Olympian gods to see what
    had happened. This plan backfired however and the gods tormented Hephaestus for having let
    this affair happen. Together Ares and Aphrodite had 5 children : Eros, Anteros, Phobos,
    Deimos, and Harmonia.

    Eros is the most popular of the children. Eros – known as Cupid to the Romans – was the Greek
    god of sexual attraction, a constant companion of Aphrodite. Variously depicted as either a
    beautiful youth or a mischievous nude boy, Eros is most commonly represented with a bow and
    an unlimited number of arrows which he uses to overpower the reason and incite erotic feelings
    in any mortal or god per Aphrodite’s or his own wish. Once, though, he accidentally scraped
    himself with an arrow – and that’s how he fell in love with Psyche, who will later become his wife
    for eternity.

    Post 5 : Aphrodite’s origin and love affair with Poseidon

    Aphrodite birth
    Aphrodite is said to have been born when the Titan Kronos castrated his father Uranus and cast
    his genitals into the sea. Aphrodite then emerged from the foam at the place in the sea where it
    happened.

    Poseidon and Aphrodite


    The god of the sea had an affair with Aphrodite who was grateful for his support following the
    revelation of her adulterous relationship with Ares. She bore him two daughters Rhodos and
    Herophilos.

    Post 6 : Apple of Discord


    Eris (the goddess of discord) was not invited to the wedding of Peleus (king of
    Phthia) and Thetis (goddess of water) In revenge, Eris brought a golden apple,
    inscribed, "To the fairest one," which she threw into the wedding. Three
    goddesses, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, agreed to have Paris of Troy choose the
    fairest one.

    Background information

    • Eris wasn’t invited to the wedding because she was the goddess of discord and
    wherever she went she took trouble with her.
    • Thetis married a mortal man because of a prophecy. The prophecy was that
    Thetis would have a son who would grow up to be greater than his father.
    Worried by this, Zeus arranged for Thetis to marry a mortal man so that her child
    couldn't challenge his power. Thetis ends up married to the mortal Peleus and
    Achilles is born.
    • Hera is goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women
    during childbirth. She is queen of Mount Olympus and sister/wife of Zeus.
    • Athena was goddess of wisdom, war and the crafts, and favorite daughter of
    Zeus. Athena was, perhaps, the wisest, most courageous, and certainly the most
    resourceful of the Olympian gods.
    • Why did Zeus choose Paris to judge? Zeus chose Paris for two reasons. Firstly,
    Paris was not an immortal, and Zeus did not wish for potential conflict between
    the gods.Secondly, Paris was known as an impartial judge, for previously he had
    judge a competition between cattle, and had chosen an animal in preference to
    his own, without even knowing that that animal belonged to the god Ares.

    Post 7 : Paris chooses Aphrodite

    Paris chose Aphrodite, because she bribed him by giving him the most beautiful woman in the
    world, Helen of Sparta, wife of Menelaus (King of Sparta).

    Post 8 : The beginning of Trojan war

    The conflict between kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece–began after Helen got together
    with Paris. Menelaus was humiliated and demanded her return, however the Trojans refused.
    Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to lead an army against Troy.

    Technically, we can say that Aphrodite began the Trojan war because she was the one to
    promise Paris the most beautiful woman in the world ( who was Helen )

    Post 9 : Aphrodite during the Trojan war


    Aphrodite sided with the Trojans in the Trojan War. This was because both Paris and her son,
    the hero Aeneas, were Trojans. She also persuaded the god of war, Ares, to support Troy
    during the war. Aphrodite was very involved in the war, protecting both Paris and Aeneas during
    battle. At one point she even gets injured and has to return to Mount Olympus for healing.

    Extra details

    • Who won the Trojan war ? The Greeks, being unable to penetrate the walls of the city,
    found a way to have the Trojans invite them in, unknowingly. They built a huge wooden
    horse and disappeared within it. The Trojans, on finding the horse and seeing no
    Greeks, assumed the horse was a gift from the gods who had struck down all their
    enemies in the night. They brought the horse back within the city walls where the Greeks
    climbed out in the dark of night and burned down the city of Troy. Only a few Trojans
    escaped.
    • Who is Aeneas ? Aeneas was a Trojan hero. He was the son of the Trojan prince
    Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Aeneas is one of the few Trojans who were
    not killed or enslaved when Troy fell.

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