1. Aphrodite
By: Rosaria Yang

2. Aphrodite’s Greek name is…

3. Aphrodite’s Roman name is…
VENUS!

4. Aphrodite’s symbols
Aphrodite's symbols
are the scallop shell, the
dolphin, doves,
lovebirds, swans,
golden apples,
pomegranates and roses.

5. Aphrodite’s domain…
Aphrodite’s domain is love, beauty, and the sea.

6. Aphrodite’s relatives…
Zeus (father), Dione (mother), Anu (step-father), Hephaestus (estranged husband); Cupid (son); Aeneas (son, deceased); Harmonia, Leila (daughters), Psyche (daughter-in-law); Gaea (great-grandmother), Ouranos/Uranus (great-grandfather, deceased); Cronus, Rhea (paternal grandparents); Chiron, Hades, Poseidon (uncles); Demeter, Hera, Hestia (aunts); Prometheus, Typhon (half-uncles); Apollo, Ares, Dionysus, Hercules, Hermes, Enlil, Hadad, Ninurta, Martu, (half-brothers); Artemis, Athena, Eileithyia, Eris, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Persephone (half-sisters); Neptunia, Consus, Pomona, Vertumnus† (cousins); Iulus (grandson, deceased), Julius Caesar, King Arthur (descendants, deceased)

7. Aphrodite’s weapon
Aphrodite's weapon was not a weapon it was simply a girdle used to compel anyone she wishes to desire her.

8. Aphrodite’s special powers
Immortal
mystical powers

9. Aphrodite’s personality
Aphrodite was a very mercurial goddess -- her passions for mortals and other gods were pronounced. She had a temper and took revenge on many who she perceived as having wronged her or not given her her due worship. She also helped many sets of star-crossed lovers (Helen/Paris, Jason/Media, etc.). She also suffered when she loved -- re: the death of her favorite mortal, Adonis. She appears on the battlefield at Troy but always runs away when she is injured. A Goddess of many facets.

10. Aphrodite
Aphrodite, in many of the late anecdotal myths involving her, is characterized as vain, ill-tempered and easily offended.

11. Aphrodite’s interesting facts
Aphrodite was born on
the sea foam near Paphos
Aphrodite had a soft spot
for Adonis and Ares.
Aphrodite had a very bad temper

12. Bibliography