Birth
According to Hesiod's['hi:siɔd] 赫西奥德（希腊诗人）Theogony[θɪ'ɒgənɪ] 神谱, the most famous version of her myth, her birth was the conquence of a castration: Cronus['krəunəs] 克罗诺斯（提坦巨人之一，天神乌拉诺斯和地神该亚的儿子，他夺取了父亲的王位，后又被他的儿子宙斯把他的王位夺去）vered Uranus'['juərənəs] 乌拉诺斯genitals and threw them behind him into the a. The foam from his genitals gave ri to Aphrodite (hence her name, meaning "foam-arin"), while the Erinyes[i'rinii:z] 厄里倪厄斯（复仇女神）, and the Meliae墨利亚 emerged from the drops of his blood. Aphrodite, floated ashore on a scallop['skɒləp] shell. Horae['hɔ:ri:] 霍莉（时序女神） had been waiting for her on shore. Horae wore a gold crown for her, dresd her with beautiful clothes, and gave her a gold girdle.
According to Homer's荷马（公元前9世纪前后的希腊诗人） Iliad伊里亚特（相传为荷马所做的古希腊史诗）, she was considered as a daughter of Zeus and Dione[dai'əuni] 狄俄涅 该亚和乌拉诺斯之女有其父必有其女,原始提坦之一,希腊神话里洋流女神之一.
Aphrodite is usually said to have been born near her chief center of worship, an island of Cyprus['saiprəs] 塞浦路斯（地中海东部一岛）, which is why she is sometimes called "Cyprian"['sipriən]. However, other versions of her myth have her born near an island of Cythera[si'θiərə] 塞西拉岛（希腊南部岛屿）, 癸卯五行属什么so another of her name i马歇尔将军s "Cytherea"[,siθə'riə]. Dolphin, ro, scallop, shell, myrtle['mɜːt(ə)l] 沉重的母爱桃金娘, dove, sparrow, girdle, mirror and swan were said to be sacred白色洋桔梗花语['ɪkrɪd] to her. The ancient Greeks identified her with the Ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor['hæθɔ:]篮球全明星赛 哈索尔（埃及神话中的爱神）. And in Roman mythology, she was identified with Venus.
Aphrodite and Ares
According to one version of Aphrodite's story, becau of her immen beauty, Zeus feared that the other gods would become violent with each other in their rivalry['raɪv(ə)lrɪ] to posss her. To forestall this, he forced函数的定义 her to marry Hephaestus[hi'fi:stəs] 赫菲斯托斯, the dour, humorless god of smithing. Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera, he was ugly and deformed.
Hephaestus and Aphrodite had an arranged marriage, and Aphrodite, disliking the idea of being married to the unsightly Hephaestus, began an affair with Ares['εəri:z] 阿瑞斯（战神）, the god of war. Eventually, Hephaestus discovered Aphrodite’s promiscuity[prɒmɪ'skjuːɪtɪ] through Helios['hi:liɔs] 赫利俄斯（太阳神）, the all-eing Sun, and planned a trap during one of their trysts. While Aphrodite and Ares lay together in bed, Hephaestus ensnared them in an unbreakable chain-link net so small as to be invisible and dragged them to Mount Olympus[əu'limpəs] 奥林匹斯山（诸神的住所） to shame them in front of the other gods for retribution. However, the gods laughed at the sight of the naked lovers, and Poidon[pɔ'saidən] 波塞冬（海神）, who had coveted Aphrodite for a long time, persuaded Hephaestus to free them. Later, Aphrodite had a child with Poidon for his rescue.
Aphrodite and Adonis
The most prominent lover of Aphrodite was Adonis[ə'dəunis] 阿多尼斯. He was the child of Myrrha密耳拉, curd by Aphrodite with insatiable[ɪn'ɪʃəb(ə)l] lust[lʌst] for her own fat
her, King Cinyras of Cyprus, after Myrrha's mother had 环境库兹涅茨曲线bragged that her daughter was more beautiful than the goddess. Driven out after becoming pregnant, Myrrha was changed into a myrrh tree没药树, but still gave birth to Adonis.
Aphrodite found the baby, and took him to the underworld to be fostered by Perphone[pə:'fəni] 珀尔塞福涅（宙斯之女，被冥王劫持娶作冥后）. She returned for him when he was grown and strikingly handsome, but Perphone wanted to keep him. Zeus decreed that Adonis would spend a third of his life with Aphrodite, a third with Perphone, and a third with whomever he wishes. Adonis cho Aphrodite, and they were constantly together.
Adonis, who loved hunting, was slain by a wild boar野猪. He bleeded to death, and Aphrodite could only mourn over his body. She caud anemones[ə'nemənɪ] 银莲花 to grow wherever his blood fell, and decreed a festival on the anniversary of his death.
The Judgement of Paris
The gods were all invited to the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, except Eris, goddess of discord. In revenge, Eris made a golden apple inscribed "to the fairest one", which she threw among the goddess. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all claimed it.
Zeus delegated the choice to Paris. The goddess offered him bribes. Hera offered him supreme power, and Athena offered him wisdom, fame, and glory in battle. Aphrodite offered him Helen of Troy, the most beautiful mortal woman in the world, as a wife. As the goddess of desire, she caud Paris to become inflamed with desire for Helen at first sight, and he awarded the apple to her. Helen was already married to King Menelaus[,meni'leiəs] of Sparta. The other two goddess were enraged by this, and through Helen's abduction by Paris, they brought about the Trojan War.
