Aphrodite
by Lisa Piper
Title
Aphrodite
Artist
Lisa Piper
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Aphrodite is in me.
Every nerve alive.
No match I ever ,
did strike.
Building so higher
Fueled by flames
of desire
The fire burns
deep in my soul.
.......................
In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love,
beauty and sexual rapture.
According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus
(the father of the gods) was castrated by his son
Cronus. Cronus threw the severed genitals into
the ocean which began to churn and foam about them.
From the aphros ("sea foam") arose Aphrodite, and
the sea carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera.
Hence she is often referred to as Kypris and Cytherea.
Homer calls her a daughter of Zeus and Dione.
After her birth, Zeus was afraid that the gods would
fight over Aphrodite's hand in marriage so he married
her off to the smith god Hephaestus, the steadiest of the gods.
He could hardly believe his good luck and used all his
skills to make the most lavish jewels for her.
He made her a girdle of finely wrought gold and
wove magic into the filigree work. That was not very wise
of him, for when she wore her magic girdle no one could
resist her, and she was all too irresistible already. She loved
gaiety and glamour and was not at all pleased at being the
wife of sooty, hard-working Hephaestus.
Aphrodite loved and was loved by many gods and mortals.
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