They named Tuesday for Ares, their savage god of war; Wednesday, for Hermes, the messenger of the gods, a trickster, and the god of commerce. Thursday they named for Zeus, god of the sky and thunder, and king of all other gods and men. Friday they named for Aphrodite, goddess of lo...
Her lovers included Ares, the god of war, and the mortal Anchises, a Trojan prince with whom she had a famous son, Aeneas. Her most famous lover, however, was the handsomeand youthful mortal Adonis. Is Aphrodite dead? Immortality:Aphrodite is an immortal, as she cannot die through natural...
She may not have been described as a virgin originally, butvirginity was attributed to her very earlyand was the basis for the interpretation of her epithets Pallas and Parthenos. As a war goddess Athena could not be dominated by other goddesses, such as Aphrodite, and as a palace goddess ...
Ares was never married, but he fell in love with Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Why did Hera not leave Zeus? The myths have Hera trying to thwart Zeus many times, and she always suffers for it. She couldn't simply decide to get divorced from the king of the gods, if he didn't ...