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Aphrodite’s Birth of Greek Mythology



Aphrodite’s Birth of Greek Mythology 

Homer and Hesiod tell two different stories about the origin of Aphrodite.

According to the former, Aphrodite was the daughter of Zeus and the Titaness 
Diona, thus making her a second-generation goddess, much like the most Olympians.

However, Hesiod retells the much more famous myth. According to him, Aphrodite was born when Uranus’ genitals fell into the sea after he was castrated by his son Cronus. The goddess of love emerged from the waters on a scallop shell, fully-grown, nude, and more beautiful than anything anyone had ever seen before or since.

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