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HEPHAESTUS AND APHRODITEAPHRODITEAphrodite is one of the most famous figures of Greek mythology. BecauseAphrodite was the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexual rapture,1 she was craved bynearly all of the Greek gods. Aphrodite was one of the twelve important gods on Mt.Olympus,2 and she was the most powerful goddess when it came to members of theopposite sex.THE BIRTH OF APHRODITEThere ar some(prenominal) initiations to Aphrodites birth. Some of them are1) She arose full-grown out of the foam of the sea,2) She is the young woman of Zeus and Dionne,3) She is the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, which would make her a Titaness, or4) She is the daughter of Titans Oceanus and Tethys, qualification her an Oceanid.3The most common origin of her birth is her being foam-born, which is what hername means. This origin says that Aphrodite arose nude and full-grown out of the foamof the sea and riding into the marge of Cythera on a scallop shell. She found Cythera to betoo low-spirited of an island, so she went to live in Paphos, in Cyprus, which is still the principal induct of her worship.4THE MYTH OF APHRODITE AND HEPHAESTUS AND ARESAlthough Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty, she had a charming girdlethat she wore that made everyone cling in love with her. She could hardly ever bepersuaded to lend it to anyone. Since Aphrodite had the magic girdle and was sobeautiful, all of the gods flee in love with her. on the whole of the goddesses were jealous of Aphrodite because all of the gods loved herinstead of the other goddesses. Because of this, Zeus lay a marriage for her withHephaestus, the lame smith-god.5 Aphrodite didnt really mind this marriage arrangement,though, because she vista Hephaestus would never notice her having marital affairs.6 Hephaestus knew nothing of deception until, one night, he caught his wife andAres, the god of war, making love at Ares habitation. Hephaestus went back to his home veryangry.7Hephaestus was so angry that he decided to get visit on Aphrodite by literally catchingthe while they were making love. He got out a bronze hunting-net and attached to theposts and sides of the bed. He told Aphrodite ... ...ympus. His plan backfired on himthough, actually revealing himself as someone who was attempting to retain the love and reverence from his wife.25Now that Hephaestus had embarrassed himself in front of all of the gods,Hephaestus became unhappy in his marriage to Aphrodite. He lost all interest in her and rancid his attention to Athena who, like Aphrodite, was not in love with him. Hephaestusfell in love with Athena when she came to him for a spear. When he tried to lead upintercourse, she rejected him.26HEPHAESTUS AND APHRODITEBoth Hephaestus and Aphrodite are powerful and popular figures of Greekmythology. They did many smashing, and maybe not so great, things during their life timethat are still remembered today. They were both main gods on Mt. Olympus. They mayhave not had many great t imes with each other according to myth, but they were still meaning(a) gods who had great lives. Many people use both of these gods to relate tothings today, and they will be remembered for years and years to come. Their charactersin Greek mythology are very significant and they will not be forgotten anytime soon.