Aphrodite, Golden Goddess of Love. Her gentle domain was intended to be the sweetness of love, but her adventures caused as much misery and bloodshed as any of the immortals.

By Anne Lombardi (Paper submitted to Images of Women in the Ancient World: Issues of Interpretation and Identity, Spring 1998) All lovers of classical mythology are familiar with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Unfortunately, popular culture presents Aphrodite simply as a deity of petty desires. However contrary to such belief, Aphrodite was a unique and powerful deity whose ...