Classical Mythology/Love, Fertility and Power: Aphrodite

Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: Married to the god Hephaestus, but her consort is Ares. Goddess of beauty and desire. Causes gods/goddess and animals to mate. Even tricked her father Zeus to mate with a mortal. However, her father being omnipotent saw through her trickery gave her a taste of her own medicine. Zeus tricked her into having her fall in love with a mortal man named Anchise. She bore him an offspring, Aeneas. Born from seafoam. Hymn to Aphrodite by Homer.
 * identify Aphrodite based on her attributes and companions
 * describe her main powers and fields of interest
 * compare her interactions with Adonis with myths of Isis and Inanna
 * tell the story of Aphrodite's birth and her romance with Anchises
 * offer a structualist reading of the Hymn to Aphrodite

Aphrodite's birth and origins
Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and her son Eros (love). {{Classical Mythology/Reading|title=Sample Reading Text|reading=Hesiod Theogony 145-|leadin=Hesiod tells of Aphrodite's birth and nature.|conclusion={{Classical Mythology Quiz|title=Aphrodite's birth|Aphrodite1)}}

{{Classical Mythology/Section|Hymn to Aphrodite|title=Aphrodite vs. Zeus}}

{{Classical Mythology/Section|Adonis|title=Aphrodite and Adonis}}

{{Classical Mythology/Section|Aphrodite and Ares|title=Aphrodite and Ares}}

{{Classical Mythology/Section|ID/Aphrodite|title=Aphrodite's characteristics}}

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