The birth of Aphrodite, the ancient goddess of sexual love, was a gruesome affair. Aphrodite’s story, sung by ancient Greek poets and set down in some of the earliest prose from the Greek world ...

For the ancient Greeks, Aphrodite was about so much more than love and beauty. In politics, business and war, she embodied ...

Cronus castrated Uranus and threw his father’s testicles into the sea. They caused the sea to foam and out of that white foam rose Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. This is the story George ...

"It is a fascinating and impressive discovery." Aphrodite is considered to be the goddess of love and fertility, stated Live Science. used to consider her to be their patron. In Greek culture ...

The placard placed near her base says that the wind-blown garments clinging to her body are characteristic of Aphrodite, goddess of love. But I know the truth: The real reason she's dressed in a ...

Manhattan’s Metropolitan Museum of Art had a magnificent new treasure from ancient Rome to show its visitors this week: a smooth-limbed, white marble statue of Aphrodite, shown startled at her ...

Amy C. Smith does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The bird is sacred to Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Just as there could be differences between places, there were also differences between social classes. Poor and enslaved ...