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Aphrodite, Pistoxenus painter Aphrodite (Venus), daughter of Zeus and the Titan woman Dione (Homer) (or maybe the daughter of Kronos and Gaea depending on the author) wife of Hephaistos (although her lover was Ares and others). With Anchises mother of Aeneas. With Dionysos mother of Priapus. She was the mother of Eros and Harmonia (Harmony) (Ares as the father). Aphrodite is shown with her favorite animal, the swan. Her chariot sometimes is drawn by swans.
Birth of Aphrodite in Cyprus
Bathing Aphrodite of Rhodes, 1st century BC? Late Hellenistic
Aphrodite of Soloi, Archaeological Museum, Nicosia Cyprus, 1st century BC
Aphrodite in Cyprus, "Petra tou Romiou"
Aphrodite and the Planet Venus
Ariadne, Venus and Bacchus, Tintoretto 1576, Sala di Anticollegio, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Triumph of Venus, François Bouche 1740, National Museum, Stockholm
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and the sixth largest Aphrodite Mythology
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