Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love, Passion, Beauty and Sexuality seems to be deep in thought. To the Romans she was the Goddess Venus. Aphrodite, while married to Hephaestus, was known for her unfaithfulness and many romantic adventures with other gods and men. As she had at least 15 children from five different companions, her promiscuous reputation seems well warranted.
While Aries-the God of War was her most powerful lover, her involvement in the start and progression of the Trojan War was her greatest direct influence upon the lives of humans. The latter was through her involvement in "the Judgement of Paris" where the Prince of Troy was asked to choose which of the Goddesses Aphrodite, Athena or Hera was the most beautiful. Paris chose Aphrodite, after she promised him the beautiful Queen Helen of Sparta, gaining the wrath of the other two goddesses and dooming Troy in the coming war. The Romans claimed this was one of the events that led to the founding of Rome-but that is a story for another day.
As a side note the name month of April is taken from Aphrodite.
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