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  2. List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan

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    Aphrodite/Venus – The goddess of love and beauty, who first appears briefly in The Titan's Curse. Her appearance shifts constantly, always becoming more beautiful. [12] Cabin 10 at Camp Half-Blood is the home of her demigod children. In The Lightning Thief, Aphrodite is portrayed by Serinda Swan.

  3. Archive of Our Own - Wikipedia

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    Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a nonprofit open source repository for fanfiction and other fanworks contributed by users. The site was created in 2008 by the Organization for Transformative Works and went into open beta in 2009 and continues to be in beta. [2]

  4. Homoerotic themes in Greek and Roman mythology - Wikipedia

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    In Cyprus and Athens, an aspect of Aphrodite with male genitals and in some cases a beard, called Aphroditos, was worshipped. Macrobius (c. 400s AD) wrote in his Saturnalia, at 3.8.2: There's also a statue of Venus on Cyprus, that's bearded, shaped and dressed like a woman, with scepter and male genitals, and they conceive her as both male and ...

  5. Myrrha - Wikipedia

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    Myrrha has been interpreted as developing from a girl into a woman in the course of the story: in the beginning she is a virgin refusing her suitors, in that way denying the part of herself that is normally dedicated to Aphrodite.

  6. The Titan's Curse - Wikipedia

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    The Titan's Curse is an American fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology written by Rick Riordan.It was released on May 1, 2007, and is the third novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and the sequel to The Sea of Monsters.

  7. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    Once Aphrodite and her son Eros held a flower-gathering competition. Eros was in the lead until a nymph named Peristera arrived and helped Aphrodite gather more flowers than he had, therefore giving Aphrodite the victory. In anger, Eros transformed Peristera into the homonymous bird, a symbol of Aphrodite. Phene ("vulture") Lammergeier: Zeus

  8. Troy: Fall of a City - Wikipedia

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    Zeus has picked Paris to serve as a judge of a beauty pageant of three Greek goddesses: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Paris awards the Apple of Discord to Aphrodite. In Troy, Priam who has over 50 sons, recognizes Paris as another one of his sons. Priam dispatches Pandarus and Paris as royal envoys on a diplomatic mission to Sparta.

  9. List of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior ...

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    Aphrodite II (portrayed by Alexandra Tydings) - In the alternate reality, Aphrodite is the Queen of the Olympian Gods. Ares II (portrayed by Kevin Smith) - In the alternate reality, Ares II is the God of Love. Falafel II (portrayed by Paul Norell) - In the alternate reality, Falafel was a chef who was considered the best. During Nebula II's ...