Olympian
Aphrodite
Ἀφροδίτη
Roman:
Venus
Overview
Goddess of love, beauty, desire and attraction.
Generation
Olympian
Symbols
Dove, rose, myrtle, shell
Notes
Her genealogy varies. Hesiod describes her emerging from sea foam after the castration of Uranus, while Homeric tradition presents her as a daughter of Zeus and Dione.