Aphrodite Research Paper
Beauty May Equal Love But Not Class
A Greek goddess; born from the foam of the sea? Myth says that Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea where a woman was born. Aphrodite is the goddess of both love and beauty which, in her case, contradict each other. She was admired by an innumerable amount of gods and other goddesses and thought to be an idol to women. Aphrodite uses her appearance to her advantage by incorporating herself into multiple affairs while still being married.
First of all, Aphrodite represents beauty. Various characteristics of her aesthetics showed how beautiful she appears to be by how elegant and beauteous her wardrobe was. The goddess wore jewelry and always had a wonderful smile on her face. She had very fare skin and had gorgeous blue eyes. Aphrodite displayed what real feminine beauty looked like. Symbolizing her elegance was “the girdle (which she was using to compel love), the seashell and the mirror” (Hatzitsindou n.p.). The seashell serves as a symbol of femininity along with the mirror enacting as a symbol to show that she knows how appealing she is. …show more content…
When Hera and Zeus decided that Hephaestus, Hera’s son, was going to marry the goddess of love, they didn’t realize the troubles that would be faced. Hephaestus is known for how unsightly he is and Hera and Zeus thought that if Aphrodite married him that the other gods would use it as a threat and stay away from her but that plan didn’t work. She was in countless sexual affairs with several other gods but the longest relationship that actually had some love behind it was with Ares, the God of War. That affair actually caused the divorce of Aphrodite and Hephaestus. In spite of that fact that Aphrodite is the goddess of love, and should be all about feeling love with another person, she was actually a very promiscuous
A Greek goddess; born from the foam of the sea? Myth says that Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea where a woman was born. Aphrodite is the goddess of both love and beauty which, in her case, contradict each other. She was admired by an innumerable amount of gods and other goddesses and thought to be an idol to women. Aphrodite uses her appearance to her advantage by incorporating herself into multiple affairs while still being married.
First of all, Aphrodite represents beauty. Various characteristics of her aesthetics showed how beautiful she appears to be by how elegant and beauteous her wardrobe was. The goddess wore jewelry and always had a wonderful smile on her face. She had very fare skin and had gorgeous blue eyes. Aphrodite displayed what real feminine beauty looked like. Symbolizing her elegance was “the girdle (which she was using to compel love), the seashell and the mirror” (Hatzitsindou n.p.). The seashell serves as a symbol of femininity along with the mirror enacting as a symbol to show that she knows how appealing she is. …show more content…
When Hera and Zeus decided that Hephaestus, Hera’s son, was going to marry the goddess of love, they didn’t realize the troubles that would be faced. Hephaestus is known for how unsightly he is and Hera and Zeus thought that if Aphrodite married him that the other gods would use it as a threat and stay away from her but that plan didn’t work. She was in countless sexual affairs with several other gods but the longest relationship that actually had some love behind it was with Ares, the God of War. That affair actually caused the divorce of Aphrodite and Hephaestus. In spite of that fact that Aphrodite is the goddess of love, and should be all about feeling love with another person, she was actually a very promiscuous