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Children of Aphrodite. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. E. Eros (3 C, 14 P) Erotes (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category ...
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.
After Aphrodite's own period of mourning was over, she turned Melos into an apple fruit, and Pelia into a dove. Their son, Melos, was sent back to Delos, where he founded the city Melon. The sheep there also took his name, for he first taught the Delians to shear them and make clothing out of their wool; the Greek noun μῆλον means 'apple ...
Aphrodite's major symbols include seashells, myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna. Aphrodite's main cult centers were Cythera, Cyprus, Corinth, and Athens.
Category: Children by Greek deity. 10 languages. ... Children of Aphrodite (2 C, 15 P) Children of Apollo (2 C, 69 P) Children of Ares (5 C, 53 P) Children of ...
In Greek mythology, Deimos / ˈ d aɪ m ɒ s / (Ancient Greek: Δεῖμος, lit. 'fear' [1] pronounced) is the personification of fear. [2] He is the son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Phobos.
Various parents were given for Rhodos. Pindar makes her a daughter of Aphrodite with no father mentioned, [2] although scholia on Pindar add Poseidon as the father; [3] for Herodorus of Heraclea she was the daughter of Aphrodite and Poseidon, [4] while according to Diodorus Siculus she was the daughter of Poseidon and Halia, one of the Telchines, the original rulers of Rhodes. [5]
Nonnus identifies her with the city of Beirut, and makes it the place where Aphrodite first stepped ashore. [3] Beroe, also called Amymone daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis and bride of Poseidon. Also identified by Nonnus with Beirut. [4] Not to be confused with Amymone the Danaid, who is a separate figure. [5] [6]