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Aphrodite and Ares. Alice Chen Pearl Ho Section 106. Aphrodite. Goddess of love, lust, beauty, and desire R ose naked from the foam of the sea Two versions of birth Hesiod’s Theogony : sprung from Uranus alone
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Aphrodite and Ares Alice Chen Pearl Ho Section 106
Aphrodite • Goddess of love, lust, beauty, and desire • Rose naked from the foam of the sea • Two versions of birth • Hesiod’s Theogony: sprung from Uranus alone • Homer’s Illiad: born from the union of Zeus and the Titan goddess Dione (One of the 12 Olympian deity) • Used her powers to help faithful followers, to destroy those who tried to disrupt or prevent the natural workings of love and sexuality • Aphrodite’s fate/job: one divine duty only to make love. • One day, Athene caught her not doing her work; Aprhodite apologized and never turned from work since. • Earned her reputation for frivolity and promiscuity as a result of her very liberated sexuality
Aphrodite (cont.) • Too proud for any of her suitors and rejected them all • As a punishment, Zeus made her the wife of Hephaestus, the homely and lame smith-god • But had an affair with Ares, god of war, and other deities • Had many children with gods and mortals • Often pictured as sitting or riding on a variety of animals, particularly birds such as swans or geese • (http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/papers/lombardiaphrodite/aphrodite.html) • Her festival is Aphrodisiac • (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aphrodite.html) • Has a significant role in the Trojan War
Ares • Only son of Zeus & Hera, A.K.A. God of Wars, One of the 12 deities of Olympian Gods. • father (by Aphrodite) of Harmonia and of Phobos (fear) and Deimos (terror). • Ares appears in myth chiefly as the lover of Aphrodite (Odyssey 8.266-366), • Though the use of his name is a synonym for war, he is often unsuccessful in battle (e.g. Iliad)
Ares has not been consistently victorious. Athene, a much more skillful fighter than he, has twice wrestled him in battle, and once the gigantic sons of Aloeus conquered and kept him imprisoned in a brazen vessels of 13 months until, half dead, he was released by Hermes.
Aphrodite & Ares Relationship With Other Deities (Hesiod’s Version) Kronos’ deed Ares Mother /wife & husband/son Aphrodite Lovers Ouranos & Gaia’s children
Aphrodite & Ares Relationship With Other Deities etc. (Homer’s Version) Lovers:
Interesting Facts • Ares: God of War ;Roman Name: Mars • Sacred items= Spear, Helmet, Shield, and Armor • Sacred Animals= Serpent, dog • Sacred Birds= Vulture, woodpecker, Barn Owl, Eagle Owl • Ares throne was brass with a seat cover of human skin • “Men are from Mars , and Women are from Venus.”
Bibliography • Image Source: • http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/pantheon.html • http://www.chesstheory.com/ct_virtual_art_museum_sculpture.php • http://www.paleothea.com/SortaSingles/Aphrodite.html • http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/0/g/Q/AresCupidLudovisi-l.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Ares_Canope_Villa_Adriana.jpg • http://www.talariaenterprises.com/product_lists/greek_marble_mstatue.html • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Cnidus_Aphrodite_Altemps_Inv8619.jpg
Bibliography • Hesiod Works & Days Theogony • Homeric Hymns, To Aphrodite • The Greek Myth by Graves • Homer’s Illiad • Homer’s Odyssey