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Aphrodite
Because of her beauty other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, and so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as a threat.
She was born when Cronus cut off Ouranos's genitals and threw them into the sea, and from the sea foam arose Aphrodite.
She is one of a few characters who played a major part in the original cause of the Trojan War itself: not only did she offer Helen of Sparta to Paris, but the abduction was accomplished when Paris, seeing Helen for the first time, was inflamed with desire to have her—which is Aphrodite's realm.
Aphrodite had many other lovers and many children from them.
pkkp2012 added this comment 2009-11-23 13:59:19-06:00
this is pretty cool!
pkkp2012 added this comment 2009-11-23 13:59:19-06:00
this is pretty cool!