1. A PHRODITE The Goddess of Love, Beauty, Pleasure, and Sexual Rapture and Sexual Rapture

2. Aphrodite Spheres of Influence: LoveLove BeautyBeauty PleasurePleasure Sexual RaptureSexual Rapture In Rome Cupid is her messengerIn Rome Cupid is her messengerRelationships: Wife of Hephaestus/ VulcanWife of Hephaestus/ Vulcan Involved with Ares/MarsInvolved with Ares/Mars Born from Uranus (Father of the Gods)Born from Uranus (Father of the Gods)Symbols: ShellsShells DoveDove DolphinDolphin GirdleGirdle MirrorMirror Roman Name: Venus H EAD OF A LARGER - THAN - LIFE STATUE, COPYING A STATUE BY P RAXITELES (370-360 BC) S TATUE OF 1 ST CENTURY AD BY P RAXITELES

3. F IGURINE OF A PHRODITE AND E ROS, FOUND IN THE DISTRICT OF C ORINTHIA S TATUE OF 400 BC A PHRODITE (V ENUS ), GAZING AT HER LOVER M ARS WHILE HE IS SLEEPING P AINTING OF 1483 BY S ANDRO B OTTICELLI (1445- 1510)

4. Bibliography: The goddess emerging from the sea as a fully grown woman Painting of 1482 by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Uffizi Gallery of Florence in Italy http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/ aphrodite.html http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/ aphrodite.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodi te http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodi te http://www.greek-gods.info/greek- gods/aphrodite/#aphrodite-symbols http://www.greek-gods.info/greek- gods/aphrodite/#aphrodite-symbols http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/ aphrodite.html http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/ aphrodite.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodi te http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodi te http://www.greek-gods.info/greek- gods/aphrodite/#aphrodite-symbols http://www.greek-gods.info/greek- gods/aphrodite/#aphrodite-symbols