Greek Mythology's Aphrodite: Goddess Of Love And Beauty

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Have you ever wondered who makes people fall in love? Who blesses people with beauty? If you have, according to Greek Mythology, it's Aphrodite. She is the goddess of love and beauty. In this paper, you will learn about her background, her area of expertise, and a few heroes she has blessed and a few she has cursed.
Aphrodite has an interesting family. First off all she was never a baby. When Cronus, a titan, and his brothers finally defeated Ouranos, their father, they chopped him up and threw his remains into the sea. In this legend Aphrodite rose from the sea foam created as a beautiful women who everyone instantly fell in love with. She was the last born of Ouranos and the very first of the gods. Aphrodite went on to marry Hephaestus,

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