Aphrodite

Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty. When she walks on grass the flowers spring up. She has one child, Eros, and her adoptive father is Zeus. She is known to be the most beautiful goddess in Olympia. Aphrodite was beautiful and she was kind, but sometimes she wanted revenge. Liked by all the gods and mortals, Aphrodite's beauty usually made others jealous. When Aphrodite lost a beauty contest to another goddess named Cale, she turned her into an old woman.

Aphrodite Questions 1. What did Cronos do to his father? 2. Who did Aphrodite end up marrying? 3. Why do you think she married him? Explain. 4. What conclusion can you draw from Hera’s comment to Zeus, that he has to get her married off right away?