History of Aphrodite

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Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Her name literally translates as "Risen from sea-foam". Originally she was considered a daughter of Zeus and Dione, one of the ocean nymph?s. By classical times, however, an alternate story of her birth had gained precedence, that she was born of the sea foam near Pafos, Cyprus after Cronus? cut off Uranus' genitals and the god's blood dropped on the sea. The Iliad refers to both versions.

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Her name literally translates as "Risen from sea-foam". Originally she was considered a daughter of Zeus and Dione, one of the ocean nymphs?. By classical times, however, an alternate story of her birth had gained precedence, that she was born of the sea foam near Pafos, Cyprus after Cronus? cut off Uranus' genitals and the god's blood dropped on the sea. The Iliad refers to both versions.

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	Revision 9 . . December 10, 2001 8:07 am by Alan D [her affairs weren't necessarily out of a bad marriage, indeed, she chose hephaestus that she could continue her proclivities.]
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	Revision 4 . . November 3, 2001 12:43 am by Alan D [mentioned her name means sea-foam]