Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty and  sexuality. She was born when Cronus cut  off Ouranos' genitals and threw them into the sea,  and from the aphros (sea foam) arose Aphrodite.
Because of her beauty other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt  the peace among them and lead to war, and so Zeus married  her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as a threat. Her  unhappiness in marriage caused her to frequently seek out the  companionship of her lover Ares. Aphrodite also became instrumental in the Eros and Psyche legend, and later was  both Adonis'  lover and his surrogate mother.Aphrodite is also known as Cytherea (Lady of Cythera)  and Cypris (Lady of Cyprus) after the two places, Cythera  and Cyprus,  which claim her birth. 
Aphrodite is in the middle of this picture 
Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. The Greeks identified the Ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor  with Aphrodite.

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