Aphrodite - Aφροδίτη) In the religions of ancient Greece, is the
goddess of love, beauty, sexuality, sensuality, lust and gardens. His equivalent in Roman religion
is
Venus.
The myrtle, the rose, a dove, the sparrow and the swan was sacred to her.
Aphrodite, in many of the myths concerning them, is characterized as vain, irritable and easily offended. Although it is one of the few gods of the greek Pantheon
to be married, it is often unfaithful to her husband.
Hephaestus, of course, is one of the most placid of the Hellenic deities; Aphrodite seems to prefer
Ares, the volatile god of war. In '
Iliad goes into battle to save her son Aeneas
, but abandons Ares (in fact it drops as it flies through the air) when she gets hit. And she is to be the original cause of the Trojan War
not only kicks off the situation by offering to
Elena Paris, but the abduction was accomplished when Paris, seeing Helen for the first time, was inflamed by the desire to have her falling in the domain of Aphrodite. Its domain can relate to love, but not about romantic love, rather than tending toward the
lust, the irrational human desire.
Because of its immense beauty, Zeus was afraid that Aphrodite was the cause of violence among the other gods. He gave her in marriage to
Hephaestus, the god of fire sad. There is another version of the story. As was the mother of Hephaestus, threw him from Olympus because it was too bad, he revenged himself trapped in a magic throne, and demanded the hand Aphrodite in exchange for the release of Age. Hephaestus was overjoyed to be married to the goddess of beauty and forged her beautiful jewelry, including
girdle, which made it even more irresistible to men. The unhappy marriage led to Aphrodite to seek the company of others, most frequently Ares
but
Adonis, Anchises
and others. Hephaestus once cleverly caught Ares and Aphrodite in bed and stopped them with finely wrought chains, and met all other Olympians to mock the pair (however, the "goddesses stayed at home, all with shame."). Hephaestus did not deliver them until Poseidon
not promised him that Ares would pay reparations, but both escaped as soon as the chains were lifted and their promise was not kept.
Aphrodite was jealous of the beauty of a mortal woman named Psyche
(Psyké). He then asked to
Eros to use his golden arrows to make her fall in love with the ugliest man on earth.
Eros agreed but he fell in love with Psyche
(or inadvertently pricking with one of his arrows). Meanwhile, Psyche's parents
were anxious because they feared that their daughter remained unmarried. Consulted a
oracle who told them that
Psyche was not destined to a mortal lover, but a monster who lived on top of some mountain.
Psyche was resigned to her fate and climbed to the top of the mountain. There,
Zephyr, the west wind, the gently pushed down.
Psyche went into a cave of this mountain, surprised to find it full of jewelry and luxurious clothes.
Eros visited her every night in the cave and had sexual intercourse.
Eros churches just do not operate any lamps, since he did not want you to know who he was (having wings made him identifiable) . The two sisters, jealous of Psyche
, convinced her to break one night and lit a lamp, recognizing him immediately. A drop of hot oil fell on Eros breast
waking up and making him run away. When Psyche
said to her elder sisters what had happened, they rejoiced secretly and each went separately top of the mountain to repeat the way
Psyche had entered the cave, hoping Eros
would choose them. Zefiro rather not picked it up and both died rushing to the foot of the mountain.
Psyche went wandering in search of her lover in Greece, when it finally came to a temple of Demeter
, whose floor was covered with piles of mixed grains.
Psyche began divide the seeds according to type and when she finished, Demeter spoke to her, telling her that the best way to find
Eros was to find his mother, Aphrodite, and earn her blessing.
Psyche found a temple of Aphrodite and entered it. Aphrodite assigned her a task similar to that of the temple of Demeter, but she gave her an impossible deadline to finish it.
Eros intervened, given that he still loved her, and meant that the seeds of the ant into place for her. Aphrodite was infuriated by the success and told her to go to a field where golden sheep grazed to get golden wool.
Psyche went to the pasture and saw the sheep but was stopped by the god of the river that had to cross to enter the pasture. He said that the sheep were vicious and dangerous and would kill her, but if he waited until noon, the sheep would go find a shadow across the field to get to sleep;
Psyche ; could then collect the wool that was entangled in the branches and the bark of trees.
Psyche did so and Aphrodite was even more infuriated by the narrow escape and success. Eventually Aphrodite claimed that the stress of having to take care of her son, depressed and sick because of infidelity
Psyche, had made her lose some of its beauty.
Psyche had to go in 'and ask
Ade Persephone, the queen of the underworld, a bit' to put her beauty in a black box that had been delivered by Aphrodite.
Psyche and went up a tower, having decided that the quickest way to reach the underworld was to die. A voice stopped her at the last minute and told her a route that would allow her to enter and return still living, as well as tell you how to switch over
Cerberus, Charon
and other hazards on the course. ;
Psyche subsided Cerberus, the three-headed dog with a sweet honey and paid Charon an
mite so that it might Hades. Along the way he saw the hands that protruded from the water. A voice told her to throw them a sweet honey. Once there, Persephone said she was glad to do a favor to Aphrodite. Come back again
Psyche paid Charon, gave a gentle hands and gave another to Cerberus.
Psyche left the underworld and decided to open the box and take him to a small part of the beauty, believing that doing so would
Eros surely loved. In the box there was but a "hellish sleep" which overtook.
Eros, who had forgiven her, flew to her and took away the sleep from his eyes, then begged Zeus and Aphrodite that gave their consent to marriage
with Psyche. They agreed and Zeus made her immortal. Aphrodite danced at the wedding
Eros and Psyche
and the two had a child named Pleasure, or (in Roman mythology)
Volupta .
Aphrodite was the lover of Adonis
and had a part in its birth. She pushed
Mirra to commit incest with her father Teia , king of Assyria
. Another version says Myrrha's father was
Cinyras of Cyprus
. When Teia discovered it, was angry and chased his daughter with a knife. The gods turned her into a myrrh tree
and Adonis was born from this tree. In other versions, Aphrodite was to transform it into a tree and Adonis was born when Teia struck the tree with an arrow, or when a boar used its tusks to tear the cortex.
Once Adonis was born, Aphrodite took him under her wing, seducing him with the help of
Elena, her friend, and being mesmerized by his unearthly beauty. Aphrodite gave him to Persephone
because the surveillance, but Persephone was also amazed by her beauty and refused to return it. The debate between the two goddesses was settled by Zeus
or
Calliope, with Adonis would spend four months a year with Aphrodite, four with Persephone and four on his own.
Adonis was eventually killed by the jealous Ares. Aphrodite was warned of this jealousy and was told that Adonis would be killed by a wild boar in that it would become Ares. Aphrodite tried to persuade Adonis to stay with her all the time, but his love for hunting was his misfortune. While Adonis was hunting, Ares found him and stabbed him to death. Aphrodite arrived just in time to hear his last breath. It is also said that Aphrodite gave a daughter to Adonis, Beroe
.
The gods and goddesses, as well as various mortals were invited to the wedding of Peleus
and
Teti, the future parents of Achilles
. Only the goddess Eris
(Discord) was not invited, but this came with a golden apple
entered with the words "To the fairest," which threw among the goddesses. Aphrodite, Athena
was and supported each to be the most beautiful, and therefore the right to own the apple. The goddesses chose to bring the matter to the attention of
Zeus, who decided to put the choice in the hands of Paris.
had tried to bribe Paris offering the '
Asia Minor, while Athena offered him wisdom and fame and glory in battle, but Aphrodite whispered to Paris that if had chosen as the most beautiful, he would have married the most beautiful of mortal women, and he chose the latter. This woman was Helen. The other goddesses were enraged by this and by the abduction of Helen by Paris did burst the Trojan War
.
Pygmalion was a sculptor who had never found a woman worthy of his love. Aphrodite took pity on him and decided to show you the wonders of love. One day, Pygmalion was inspired by a dream of Aphrodite to carve from 'ivory
a woman who resembled the image of the goddess and called
Galatea . He fell in love with the statue and decided he could not live without it. He prayed to Aphrodite, who carried out the final part of his plan and gave life to the exquisite sculpture. Pygmalion loved Galatea and they were married.
Another version of this myth tells that the women of the village in which Pygmalion lived were angry because he had not married. Then asked Aphrodite to force him to marry. Aphrodite agreed and that night went to Pygmalion, and asked to choose a woman as a wife. She told him that if he had a choice, she would have done for him. Not wanting to marry her, begged her to have more time, asking him to make a sculpture that portray first to make the choice. Flattered, Aphrodite agreed.
He spent much time making small clay figurines of the goddess, saying that would also be able to choose the right pose. When he began to create a real sculpture, was shocked to discover that he wanted to finish, even if it meant that he should marry someone just finished the job. The reason I wanted to finish it was that he was in love with the sculpture. The more we worked on, the more it changed, until it looks more like Aphrodite.
At the same time that Pygmalion fell away from the completed sculpture, Aphrodite appeared and asked to choose his bride. Pygmalion chose the statue. Aphrodite said he could not be done and renewed the request. Pygmalion threw his arms around the statue and asked Aphrodite to turn him into a statue so he could stay with her. Aphrodite was grieved him, and chose instead to create the statue.
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