Aphrodite Strengths And Weaknesses

Aphrodite Greek goddess Aphrodite once made a suggestion to everyone to "Follow your heart" (Riordan). That is one thing that Aphrodite always did as the goddess of love and beauty. She lived a famous and an extraordinary life as told through her background, strengths and weaknesses, answering prayers, and left her legacy through the temples and celebrations in her honor. Aphrodite was the daughter of Uranus. She was born from the Paphos sea in the island of Cyprus. Paphos was named after Aphrodite's daughter. She was born when the Titan Cronus defeated her father, Uranus, and blood from Uranus fell into the sea and created Aphrodite. In Ancient Greek, Aphrodite translates to "arisen from the foam"(Clayton). She lived on Mount Olympus. Later
She was known for being the most attractive goddess of them all. She wore lots of jewelry, dressed elegantly, had long eyelashes, a tender neck, and was always smiling. She was always able to convince anyone to do what she wanted through her great beauty. For example, there was a celebration one day for the marriage of King Peleus and Nymph Thestis that Eris ,the goddess of strife, was not invited to, which angered her very much. She decided to throw a golden apple on the banquet table. An apple was known as the fruit of temptation. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite all wanted the beautiful fruit. Zeus, the king, had too much trouble choosing which goddess would get to keep the apple, so he put the responsibility on Trojan Prince Paris. Aphrodite convinced him to give her the apple by offering him Helen of Sparta. Helen of Sparta was said to be the most beautiful woman of all. Helen then married the Trojan Prince Paris and became Helen of Troy (Greek Gods).However, behind all of these attractive features, Aphrodite was said to be quite fearful and weak in Homer's famous book, The Iliad. She was not as brave as the other gods and goddesses. She was definitely not guilty for anything she did wrong. Although, she was compassionate and caring. In a fable by Aesop, a weasel fell in love with an attractive boy, but he did not feel the same. Broken-hearted, the weasel called Aphrodite to ask to be changed into a woman. As compassionate as Aphrodite was, she transformed the weasel into a gorgeous young lady. When the boy saw the gorgeous girl, he fell in love and married her instantly. One day, Aphrodite wanted to see if the weasel's character had changed as well as its appearance. To test this she released a mouse into the room the girl was in. The newly transformed young woman began to chase the mouse, leaving the boy. This made Aphrodite upset, so she changed the beautiful lady back to a weasel (Greek Gods). It is