Life first began when Gaia, the Earth and mother goddess, emerged from chaos. She gave birth to Ouranos, the sky god, and began to conceive children. The sky embraced her so powerfully however that she was unable to give birth to any of her children. In her anger she created a sickle within her. She instructed her son Cronos to use it to drive Ouranos away. While Ouranos lay with Gaia one evening, Cronos took the sickle and severed his father's penis. Ouranos

Aphrodite was a fickle goddess, who could never be satisfied by one man. She constantly disappointed and angered the people who loved her. Unfortunately in ancient as well as modern times, beauty goes a long way. She could easily get out of her troubles with a wink and a wiggle. The true distinction of her divinity was her immortality and her refusal to improve and change her ways.

Years later Cronos was defeated by Zeus, and the age of the Olympians was born. Ouranos' penis floated amid the white foam of the oceans, and eventually that combination created Aphrodite. Hesiod said that the word Aphrodite is derived from "aphros," an ancient greek word for foam. She soon washed up on the shore of the island of Cyprus. Her beauty was unsurpassed, and every god wanted to marry her. Zeus, fearing a war among his pantheon, gave her to his trustworthy son Haphaistos. <

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Hera Athena, Ouranos Ouranos, War Aphrodite, Aphrodite Hesiod, Gaia Earth, Haphaistos Hephaistos, Ares Dionysus, Sparta Paris, Venus Aphrodite, Zeus Dione, angered people, hera athena,
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