Aphrodite (Venus)

  • Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) statue.

    Aphrodite (Venus)

    Aphrodite (Venus)

    Aphrodite (from aphros, sea-foam, and dite, issued), the daughter of Zeus and a sea-nymph called Dione, was the goddess of Love and Beauty. Dione, being a sea-nymph, gave birth to her daughter beneath the waves; but the child…

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