Aphrodite
c. 1200 BCE – 400 CEattested
Cyprus and the Greek world
- Greek
Born from sea-foam off Cyprus, or possibly from the severed parts of Ouranos, and a Near Eastern import the Greeks never fully domesticated. Her power was compulsion, not romance.
Known for
- born from sea-foam
- the judgement of Paris
- irresistible compulsion
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.