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Aphroditus (Ἀφρόδιτος), Cyprian hermaphroditic Aphrodite; Ariadne (Αριάδνη), a Cretan princess who became the immortal wife of Dionysus; Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος), god of bee-keeping, cheese-making, herding, olive-growing, and hunting; Arke (Άρκη), messenger of the Titans and sister of Iris
The First Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite , which was probably composed sometime in the mid-seventh century BC, [146] describes how Zeus once became annoyed with Aphrodite for causing deities to fall in love with mortals, [146] so he caused her to fall in love with Anchises, a handsome mortal shepherd who lived in the foothills beneath Mount Ida near ...
The story tells of the quest for love and trust between Eros and Psyche. Aphrodite was jealous of the beauty of mortal princess Psyche, as men were leaving her altars barren to worship a mere mortal woman instead, and so she commanded her son Eros, the god of love, to cause Psyche to fall in love with the ugliest creature on earth.
Anchises is described as having the beauty of an immortal. [8] Aphrodite goes to Cyprus and bathes. [8] Then she returns to the Troad disguised as a mortal, and finds Anchises alone in a hut. [8] When Anchises first sees Aphrodite, he is convinced that she is a goddess, a grace, or a nymph. [8]
The mytheme of the goddess' mortal lover is an archaic one; when a role for Zeus was inserted, a bitter twist appeared: according to the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, when Eos asked Zeus to make Tithonus immortal, she forgot to ask that he be granted eternal youth. [iv] [v] [6] Tithonus indeed lived forever,
The myth goes that Adonis was gored by a wild boar during a hunting trip and died in Aphrodite's arms as she wept. His blood mingled with her tears and became the anemone flower. Aphrodite declared the Adonia festival to commemorate his tragic death, celebrated by women every year in midsummer. During this festival, Greek women would plant ...
Castor, the mortal Dioscuri twin; after Castor's death, his immortal brother Pollux shared his divinity with him in order that they might remain together; Chrysippus (Χρύσιππος), a divine hero of Elis; Daedalus (Δαίδαλος), creator of the labyrinth and great inventor, until King Minos trapped him in his own creation
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...