Transcript Aphrodite - Center Grove Elementary School

By: Cadyn Cox and Cameron Line
THE GODDESS OF LOVE AND BEAUTY
o Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty.
o There are more stories told about her than any other god
or goddess.
o Aphrodite blessed marriages and could make any man or
god mad with passions that destroyed them.
o She is the goddess of desire and is never distracted from
her work.
o She thinks of nothing but love, and nobody expects more of
her.
MURDER BORN
o Aphrodite was born out of a brutal murder.
o When Cronos butchered his father, Oranos,with his
scythe, he threw the dismembered body off Olympus
and into the sea. It floated spouting blood and foam
which drifted whitening in the sun, and from that
foam rose Aphrodite.
o Poseidon found and cared for her, having his horses
take her to the island of Cythera, and from
there she traveled to Cyprus.
CLAIMS OF MARRIAGE
o
Zeus brought Aphrodite to Olympus
o
Aphrodite was to be married
o
Many people promised Aphrodite riches and land in turn for her
hand in marriage
o
Poseidon offered Aphrodite the chance to be queen of the sea,
riches, gems, grottos, riddles, fair surfaces, darks surroundings,
and many more things .
o
Apollo and Hermes also offered her riches and, and to be queen
of their
o
Hephaestus, the lame-smith god, hid behind the crowd, and Hera
told him what to say and dragged him to the center of the crowd.
He told Aphrodite that he would be a good husband for her and
that he works late.
o
Aphrodite married Hephaestus.
FACTS
o Aphrodite’s Roman name was Venus.
o Hera and Athena were rivals to Aphrodite in beauty.
o Aphrodite also associated with the Greek god Ares and many
others.
o When a woman wanted a baby or a husband she prayed to
Aphrodite the goddess of love.
o Aphrodite is associated with many things including a mirror,
a dove, an apple, and a magic girdle (belt).
o The temple of Aphrodite or Aphrodisias is the temple
dedicated to Aphrodite.