Aphrodite was the most attractive goddess of Mount Olympus. She was the goddess of Love, Beauty and Eternal Youth and was connected with the death/rebirth of nature and human beings.
As her name implies, Aphrodite (aphro="foam"+dite="arised"), was created from the foam of the crystal waters of Paphos in Cyprus, when the titan Cronos slew his father, the major titan Ouranos, and threw then his genitals into the sea.
Aphrodite was married to Hepheastus, the smith of the Heaven and God of the Iron, but her heart was devoted to Ares, the God of War, with whom Aphrodite was keeping a love affair.
According to a myth, Aphrodite gave birth to Eros, the winged cupid of love and was often accompanied by him.
Other children of Aphrodite were Hemeros, Pothos(desire), Phobos(fear), Demos, Harmonia and Rhodes.
