Classical Mythology/Love, Fertility and Power: Aphrodite

Classical Mythology Course


Odysseus among the Sirens


Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

  • identify Aphrodite based on her attributes and companions
  • describe her main powers and fields of interest
  • compare her interactions with Adonis with myths of Isis and Inanna
  • tell the story of Aphrodite's birth and her romance with Anchises
  • offer a structualist reading of the Hymn to Aphrodite


Aphrodite's birth and origins

Aphrodite is older than Zeus and her companion Eros (love) is older still. Hesiod has Eros born as one of the first beings, before Zeus or Zeus's father Kronos.

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Aphrodite's birth

References

    Classical Mythology Course


    Odysseus among the Sirens


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