a. Aphros—foam; the story from HESIOD is that Aphrodite’s birth
occurred from the foam that was upon the sea as a result of
Ouranos’ castration. She then floated to the island of Cythera
or Cyprus. (hence epithets: Cytherea and Cypris) b. An alternate
myth is that she is the child of Zeus and Dione—this serves our
purpose of Olympians 2.0 a bit better. However, nothing but name
is known about Dione. c. The ancients were aware of this double
birth tradition and thus, used it to serve their ideas of the
duality of love’s nature—that of Aphrodite Urania
(Celestial—sacred love) and Aphrodite Pandemos (of the
people—profane love) Aphrodite governs desire and sexuality. She
is also known as Cytherea, Cypris, and Venus (Roman). She is
often pictured with a sceptre or a mirror. Due to the duality of
the ancient rendering of Aphrodite, she is presented both in art
and literature in differing ways. Also, remembering that
mythology is oral in nature, clearly, different stories would
arise. However, the conception of the