THE ILIAD : APHRODITE WOUNDED BY DIOMEDES. In the Iliad she is wounded by Diomedes while attempting to rescue her son Aeneas.
Diomedes in the Iliad
In Iliad 5 Diomedes grazes Aphrodite's hand with his spear as she carries her unconscious son Aeneas away from the battlefield (Il. 5.330-351), and later he debilitates a much more formidable god, namely Ares (Il. 5.846-867).
Diomedes actually wounds Aphrodite though in "her soft, limp wrist" (5.376), and "ichor" (blood of the immortals) flows out as Diomedes actually dares to mock her cowardice.
According to the retelling of the story found in the poem Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC – 17/18 AD), Adonis was the son of Myrrha, who was cursed by Aphrodite with insatiable lust for her own father, King Cinyras of Cyprus, after Myrrha's mother bragged that her daughter was more beautiful than the ...
APHRODITE WRATH : CLIO
16 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Aphrodite, furious with [the Mousa (Muse)] Kleio--who had chided her for loving Adonis--, caused her to fall in love with [a mortal] Magnes' son Pieros. As a result of their union she bore him a son Hyakinthos."
Mythological tales vividly relate Aphrodite's involvement in matters of the heart, and these have contributed greatly to our conception of the goddess as primarily concerned with love and sex. Few were immune to her seductive charms, and Zeus punished her for the many improper unions that she caused.
Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, heard about Psyche and her sisters and was jealous of all the attention people paid to Psyche.
Psyche was a young princess from Sicily, famous for her extraordinary beauty. According to legend, she was even more beautiful than Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty.
Upon meeting Psyche, Eros himself fell in love with her. He disobeyed Aphrodite and instead took Psyche to his own hidden home to be his wife. When Psyche betrayed his trust one time, Eros abandoned her.
How Did Diomedes Hurt Aphrodite? Diomedes managed to thrust his spear into Aphrodite's wrist, as Athena had given him the ability to see and injure the Greek gods on the battlefield.
APHRODITE The goddess of love and beauty was the first wife of Hephaistos. He divorced her following an adulterous love-affair with his brother Ares, to whom she had borne several children. ATHENA The goddess of war and wisdom fought off an attempted rape by the god Hephaistos, shortly after his divorce from Aphrodite.
After the war Diomedes returned home to find that his wife had been unfaithful (Aphrodite's punishment) and that his claim to the throne of Argos was disputed.
From that time on Aphrodite slept with many. She bore children to the gods Hermes, Poseidon, and Dionysus, two of which were sexually abnormal. If Zeus never lay with her he was tempted, and he punished her by making her fall in love with a mortal, the handsome Trojan prince, Anchises.
Aphrodite was compelled by Zeus to marry Hephaestus, the god of fire. However, they were an imperfect match, and Aphrodite consequently spent time cheating with the god of war, Ares, as well as a slew of mortal lovers, such as the Trojan nobleman Anchises and the youth Adonis.
Death of Ares
Kratos, however, spotted the Blade of the Gods (which had sent by Athena), dodged Ares' attack, took up the sword, and defeated him in battle with it.
Her most famous lover, however, was the handsome and youthful mortal Adonis. Aphrodite was so attracted by his good looks that her jealous husband, Hephaestus, disguised himself as a boar and killed Adonis.
Aphrodite's Anger
Theseus' son Hippolytus became a devotee of the virgin goddess, Artemis, and thus shunned the pleasures of the flesh. This angered Aphrodite, who felt that Hippolytus did not worship her sufficiently.
Conybeare) (Greek biography C1st to 2nd A.D.) : "Hippolytos the son of Theseus insulted Aphrodite; and that perhaps is why he never fell a victim to the tender passion, and why love never ran idiot in his soul; but he was allotted an austere and unbending nature.
Aphrodite held Adonis in her arms as he bled to death. As she cried over her beloved, her tears fell into the pools of blood around them, and they were transformed through her love: from those tears mingled with the blood there bloomed the most beautiful anemone flowers.
Answer and Explanation: Aphrodite's greatest weaknesses were her vanity, jealousy, and hate of anyone considered more beautiful than herself.
Aphrodite's Curse is about a dynasty's fall from grace, unrequited love and retribution. A powerful family is brought to ruin, the consequences unforeseen and irreparable. The trouble begins with King Minos who asks the gods for a bull to be sacrificed so that he may become ruler of Kretos and surrounding lands.
One reason why Athena and Hera are so hostile to Aphrodite (and the Trojans more generally) is that Paris judged them less beautiful than the goddess of love, and preferred Helen to the gifts they were offering.
She convinces him that she is a Phrygian princess and that Hermes brought her there to marry Anchises. Anchises is overcome with desire for her and declares that he must have her immediately, and the two of them make love. After they have sex, Aphrodite puts Anchises into a deep sleep and dresses herself.