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Aphrodite
Aphrodite

Parents

Ouranos and Gaia

Consort

Hephaestus

Siblings

Titans, Giants, Cyclopes

Home

Mount Olympus

Patronage

Beauty and Sex

Children

List of Aphrodite and Hephaestus' children

Symbol

Unknown

Roman equivalent

Titans
Olympians

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Goddess of love, beauty, desire and sex. Symbols include the dove, scallop shell, pomegeranate, apple, bee, swan, myrtle, rose and seashell. Daughter of Ouranos, (blood dripped onto the earth and into the sea. Married to Hephaestus, although she cheated on him frequently, most notably with his brother Ares. Her name gave us the word 'Aphrodisiac'.


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