Aphrodite is the olympian goddess of love, beauty, sexual pleasure, and fertility. Please don not add books about greek or roman mythology. The origins and history of the greek goddess of love. The olympians series by george oconnor is based on greek mythology.
The romans, who named their gods and goddesses after planets and stars, called her. Goddess of love by george oconnor, alcestis and other plays by euripides, hepha. The greek goddess aphrodite rises from the foam of the waves of the sea, enchanting anyone who sees her and inciting feelings of love and lust wherever she goes. One of the most widely worshipped and popular deities in greek antiquity, aphrodite emerges from the imaginations of the ancient greek writers and artists as a multifaceted, powerful and charismatic figure. The whole book is told in three parts, from the perspective of athena, here, and aphrodite, the main protagonist that started the trojan war. Aphrodite is the mother of the god of love, eros more familiar as cupid.
Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about aphrodite like never before. She is a contender in the story of the golden apple, when paris chooses her as the fairest of the three goddesses the others were hera and athena. Aphrodite was married to the blacksmith god, hephaestus, but the two never. I spent some time with her at our public library, trying to find books on greek mythology that would not be too difficult or complex for her to understand, and this series of books fit the bill perfectly. Portrayed as both insatiable and unattainable, aphrodite was born near the coast of cythera out of the foam. She is regularly attended by few of her children, the erotes, who are capable of stirring up passion in both mortals and gods at the goddess will.
Aphrodite facts and information on greek goddess aphrodite. Goddess of love and beauty by teri temple goodreads. Aphrodite decides to reward him for giving her the golden apple the. This titles focus is on aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty. I bought this book because i am a fan of mythology especially greek mythology. Introduces the greek goddess aphrodite and explains her importance. She supposedly arose from the foam when the titan cronus slew his father uranus and threw his genitals into the sea.
Fascinating myths also uncover aphrodites past, detailing her creation and how she fits into the family of deities. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Aphrodite explores the many myths and meanings of the greek goddess of love, sex and beauty. Psyche whose name means soul in greek was so beautiful that the people. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. She is sometimes known as the cyprian because there was a cult center of aphrodite on cyprus see map jcd. This titles focus is on aphrodite, goddess of love and. Aphrodite kneeling greek goddess statue homer describes aphrodite as the daughter of zeus and dion, the more popular view was that she was conceived in the foam of the ocean from the. The origins and history of the greek goddess of love looks at the story of the legendary deity and the various roles she played in greek mythology. Each book focuses on one greek god or goddess and hisher role in greek mythology.
Aphrodite was the greek goddess of love and beauty. Print book supported by capstone interactive accelerated reader. Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty, love, and sexuality. Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty and according to hesiods theogony, she was born from the foam in the waters of paphos, on the island of cyprus.