Aphrodite: The Cause Of The Trojan War

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Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure. Born from sea foam she is the believed to be the most beautiful goddess. She is very self confident. She thinks that no other god or goddess can compare to her. Aphrodite started a lot of drama in her time. She even caused the Trojan War just because she wanted to be named the most beautiful and fair. She found herself in affairs with mortal heroes often. Aphrodite indulged herself in forbidden romances with other gods and Zeus punished her for it (Skidmore). Aphrodite believed she was the best and most gorgeous goddess and would do anything to keep it that way. Aphrodite was the cause of the Trojan war. A goddess named Eris was not invited to the wedding of King Peleus and Thetis. She was …show more content…

April is the month that her beloved Adonis comes back from the underworld. Her bird is the dove and other times it can be recognized as the sparrow or the swan. Symbols of Aphrodite are the ram, hare, and the tortoise. Her flower is the rose, her tree is the myrtle and the apple is her sacred fruit. Most likely the apple is her fruit because of what happened in the story of the Trojan War. These are the symbols that are associated with Aphrodite. The birth of Aphrodite is an odd one. Her father Uranus wasn't a very nice man. He was mean to his wife and even his own kids. His youngest son was Cronus. One day Cronus came at his father with a sickle. With the weapon he castrated Uranus. His genitalia dropped into the sea and from that the goddess Aphrodite was born. A light wind pushed her to island of Cythera. Singing and dancing for the were the Seasons. She played on a pillow of foam. The season dressed her in a golden robe and jewels and sent her to Mount Olympus. When she arrived there all of the gods jumped to there feet at the site of Aphrodite great beauty. This is how the goddess of love and beauty was born. Aphrodite was a beautiful goddess. She always got her way

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