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  2. Aphrodite - Wikipedia

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    Aphrodite (/ ˌæfrəˈdaɪtiː / ⓘ, AF-rə-DY-tee) [3] is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. Aphrodite's major symbols include seashells, myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans.

  3. Aphrodite | Mythology, Worship, & Art | Britannica

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    Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. She was known primarily as a goddess of love and fertility and occasionally presided over marriage.

  4. Aphrodite Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty - Facts & Information

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    Aphrodite was the goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus, but she did not enter into this union of her own volition. She and Ares conceived Harmonia, who eventually married Herodotus. She was the mother of Hermaphroditus by Hermes.

  5. APHRODITE - Greek Goddess of Love & Beauty (Roman Venus)

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    Aphrodite was the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. She was depicted as a beautiful woman often accompanied by the winged godling Eros. Her attributes included a dove, apple, scallop shell and mirror. Her Roman name was Venus.

  6. Aphrodite | Greek Goddess - Greek Mythology

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    Aphrodite (Greek: Αφροδίτη, transl.: Aphrodítē) is the goddess of love, beauty and sexuality in ancient Greek religion. Responsible for the perpetuation of life, pleasure and joy.

  7. Aphrodite: The Goddess of Love and Beauty in Ancient Greek ...

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    Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is one of the 12 Olympians and was born from the sea foam created when the Titan Cronus severed Uranus’ genitals and threw them into the sea.

  8. APHRODITE GODDESS OF - Greek Mythology

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    APHRODITE was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. This page describes the goddess' divine roles and privileges including love, sexual desire, procreation, beauty, grace, pleasure, erotic poetry, and the star Venus, as well as her identification with foreign goddesses.