The birth of the goddess aphrodite

A power point presentation on the goddess Aphrodite by Avgorou Technical school

1. The legendary birthplace of Aphrodite the Goddess of love and beauty. Mythology in Cyprus

2. Who is the Goddess Aphrodite? She was the Goddess of love, passion and beauty in the ancient world. She was married to god Hephaestos but she had an affair with Ares (Mars) the handsome god of war and they had three children. She was the mother of Eros (Cupid), the winged god of love

3. In the Homeric 'Iliad‘, Aphrodite is called the Cyprian or Cytherea . The Romans called her Venus. Greek sculptors made many figures of her. The most famous statue of Aphrodite today, is the beautiful 'Venus de Milo', now in the Louvre in Paris.

4. The famous armless statue called “ Venus de Milo”.

5. The birth of Aphrodite According to the Greek mythology, Cyprus is the birth place of the goddess Aphrodite. Gaia (Mother Earth) asked one of her sons, Cronus, to mutilate his father, Uranus (Sky). Cronus cut off Uranus' testicles and threw them into the sea. A white foam appeared from which a maiden arose, the waves first took her to Kythera and then brought her to Cyprus.

6. Mythology says that Aphrodite came out of the sea standing naked and covered with water on a seashell close to the costal cliffs of Paphos , Cyprus . Her name literally means "foam born”. Aphros in Greek means "foam."

7. The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, 1485 .

8. The legendry place of the birth of Aphrodite

9. The combination of the beauty of the area and its status in mythology as the birthplace of Aphrodite makes it a popular tourist location .

10. A local myth is that any person who swims around the Aphrodite Rock will be blessed with eternal beauty .

11. Aphrodite was associated with, and often depicted with, the sea, dolphins, doves, swans, pomegranates, sceptres , apples, myrtle, rose trees, lime trees, clams, scallop shells, and pearls .

12. Hephaestos’ wedding gift to Aphrodite was a piece of land on a mountain of Cyprus called the Baths of Aphrodite.

13. The crystal clear water wells up creating seductive melodies, just like when “light rain falls into a lake

14. Undoubtedly , the Baths of Aphrodite is one of the most seductive sceneries of the island .

15. Aphrodite’s first temple was in Paphos

16. Roman coin depicting the Temple

17. Aphrodite embodies other love goddesses ISIS ( Roman sculpture ) ISIS ( Egyptian ) Innana ( Babylonian ) Ishtar ( Babylonian ) Astarti ( Phoenician ) Laksmi (India ) Dante Gabriel R oset ti

18. The temple of Aphrodite in ancient Aphrodicias is one of the oldest archeological ruins in Turkey ( 2 nd century B.C.E)

19. Technical and Agricultural school of AVGOROU Comenius multilateral project 2012 -2014