Classical Mythology/Love, Fertility and Power: Aphrodite

Classical Mythology Course Odysseus among the Sirens Objectives By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: identify Aphrodite based on her attributes and companions Married to the god Hephaestus, but her consort is Ares. describe her main powers and fields of interest Goddess of beauty and desire. Causes gods/goddess and animals to mate. Even tricked her father Zeus to mate with a mortal. However, her father being omnipotent saw through her trickery gave her a taste of her own medicine. Zeus tricked her into having her fall in love with a mortal man named Anchise. She bore him an offspring, Aeneas. compare her interactions with Adonis with myths of Isis and Inanna tell the story of Aphrodite's birth and her romance with Anchises Born from seafoam. offer a structualist reading of the Hymn to Aphrodite Hymn to Aphrodite by Homer. Aphrodite's birth and origins Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and her son Eros (love). {{Classical Mythology/Reading|title=Sample Reading Text|reading=Hesiod Theogony 145-|leadin=Hesiod tells of Aphrodite's birth and nature.|conclusion= Apollo flaying Marsyas Take The Quiz Aphrodite's birth Classical Mythology/Quiz Aphrodite1) Aphrodite vs. Zeus Aphrodite vs. Zeus Aphrodite vs. Zeus Aphrodite and Adonis Aphrodite and Adonis Aphrodite and Adonis Aphrodite and Ares Aphrodite and Ares Aphrodite and Ares Aphrodite's characteristics Aphrodite's characteristics Aphrodite's characteristics References Classical Mythology Course Odysseus among the Sirens