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Aphrodite (from aphros, sea-foam, and dite, issued), the
daughter of Zeus and a sea-nymph called Dione, was the goddess of Love
and Beauty. 

Dione, being a sea-nymph, gave birth to her daughter beneath the
waves; but the child of the heaven-inhabiting Zeus was forced to ascend
from the ocean-depths and mount to the snow-capped summits of Olympus, in
order to breathe that ethereal and most refined atmosphere which pertains
to the celestial gods. Read the rest of this entry »

Interesting Books:

Aphrodite (Vinyl)