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Aphrodite
-Great goddess of beauty and love -Attributes include dove, apple, scallop shell, and mirror -Daughter of Zeus and the Okeanis Titanis Dione -Also said to be born in sea-foam from the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ourans -Had great seductive abilities which every god wanted her as their wife
-She did not want to be the wife of any of them -Zues made her wife of Hephaestus -This did not stop her from her other actions -Had many children from both gods and mortals
-Offspring showed how much control on love she had -Children were associated with aspects of sexuality and love -Was an influential goddess -Influence was the the most widespread of gods
