A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think.
aphroditenoun(n.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. noun(n.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse. noun(n.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. ...