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tool in her advantage. Aphrodite was hurt by Helius because he damaged her love affair so Aphrodite is now seeking revenge to do the same to Helius, making him feel the pain that she felt. Aphrodite causes Helius to fall in love with Leucothoe who is the daughter of the King of Persia (Parada: Helius). Helius also has an ex-lover named Clytia who still is infatuated with him which leads her to become extremely jealous of Leucothoe (Parada: Helius). In this rage against Leucothoe, Clytia tells others about the relationship between Leucothoe and Helius which eventually gets around to the King of Persia (Parada: Helius). The King of Persia then buries Leucothoe alive when he finds out this news has he does not condone the sexual relationship (Parada: Helius). Aphrodite used the power of love in this story to ultimately damage Helius’ heart and life the way that he did to her when spreading the news about her relationship with Ares. Aphrodite’s way of revenge is one of the best ways to get revenge as love is blinding and there is no way to see that it …show more content…
Zeus is an extremely powerful god who is known as the god of the sky and the ruler of heaven (Parada: Zeus). Zeus is also the father of Aphrodite and he was aware that Aphrodite would cause gods and goddesses to fall in love with mortals (Atsma). So Zeus decided to get back at Aphrodite for continually doing this to multiple gods and goddesses and he made Aphrodite fall in love with a mortal man named Anchises (Atsma). Aphrodite and Anchises eventually had two children together named Aeneias and Lyros, but Anchises was not to discuss his relationship with Aphrodite (Atsma). Anchises one day became intoxicated and told about his love with Aphrodite which led to Zeus killing him with the power of his thunderbolt (Atsma). This story is another way that a god used love to be
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