Aphrodite

Aphrodite was a Greek goddess. In Roman mythology, Aphrodite was known as Venus.

Abode
Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty, love, sexuality, pleasure, desire, grace, merriment, love poetry, love songs, and procreation. Some of her sacred attributes include a mirror, a rose, myrtle, an apple, a girdle, a scallop shell, doves, sparrows, swans, and dolphins.

Depiction
Aphrodite was typically depicted as a mature, beautiful, and youthful women wearing no clothing. She was never shown as a child, since she was typically considered to have been born from the sea foam as a full-grown adult. In the myths, Aphrodite is portrayed as vain and easily offended and often has affairs, although she is married.

Birth
The most common story that tells of the birth of Aphrodite is that she was born from the sea foam when Cronus castrated his father and threw his genitals into the sea. After rising from the sea, she floated on a scallop shell to shore. However, in a less common version, she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione.

Relationships

 * Parents: Uranus or Zeus and Dione
 * Spouse(s): Hephaestus
 * Lover(s): Ares, Adonis, Hermes, Dionysus, Poseidon, Anchises, Butes
 * Children with no father: Himeros, Pothos
 * Children with Ares: Harmonia, Deimos, Phobos, Eros, Anteros
 * Children with Adonis: Golgos
 * Children with Hermes: Hermaphroditus
 * Children with Dionysus: Priapus
 * Children with Poseidon: Herophile
 * Children with Anchises: Aeneas, Lyrus
 * Children with Butes: Eryx