Post by Aphrodite on Jul 26, 2010 7:43:07 GMT -7
How did you find us? I also play Paige and Ginny. XD
First Name: Aphrodite
Last Name: N/a
Middle Name:N/A
Age: Millions of years old
Height/Weight: 5,4 foot and 11lbz
Eyes: Piercing Blue
Hair: Blonde
Character description/personality:
She's protrayed in multiple ways. She's often vain, self-absorbed, cruel, and mischevious. But sometimes she's shown as kind, laughter-loving, and light hearted.
Persuasion: Neutral
Type of Creature: Godess of Beauty and Love
Powers:
Although Aphrodite may seem insignificant in the presence of such deities as the sun-god Apollo or the warlike Athena, her power over love is revealed to be very influential upon closer examination. With a domain that included the innermost feelings of the heart and the source of human passion, Aphrodite had power unlike any other god. Such power is revealed in her actions toward both her faithful followers and those who incited her anger.
Perhaps the most famous example of Aphrodite's influence is the Judgement of Paris, an event in which Aphrodite's actions indirectly caused the Trojan War. In recounting the events that preceded the Trojan War, the Cypris reports Aphrodite's behavior at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis
Weaknesses:
True love made her weak, and also she was very jealous of others being more beautiful than her.
She was Vain, bad tempered and unfaithful.
History: [ur=http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aphrodite.html]Credit![/url]
In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus. Cronus threw the severed genitals into the ocean which began to churn and foam about them. From the aphros ("sea foam") arose Aphrodite, and the sea carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera. Hence she is often referred to as Kypris and Cytherea. Homer calls her a daughter of Zeus and Dione.
After her birth, Zeus was afraid that the gods would fight over Aphrodite's hand in marriage so he married her off to the smith god Hephaestus, the steadiest of the gods. He could hardly believe his good luck and used all his skills to make the most lavish jewels for her. He made her a girdle of finely wrought gold and wove magic into the filigree work. That was not very wise of him, for when she wore her magic girdle no one could resist her, and she was all too irresistible already. She loved gaiety and glamour and was not at all pleased at being the wife of sooty, hard-working Hephaestus.
Aphrodite loved and was loved by many gods and mortals. Among her mortal lovers, the most famous was perhaps Adonis. Some of her sons are Eros, Anteros, Hymenaios and Aeneas (with her Trojan lover Anchises). She is accompanied by the Graces.
Her festival is the Aphrodisiac which was celebrated in various centers of Greece and especially in Athens and Corinth. Her priestesses were not prostitutes but women who represented the goddess and sexual intercourse with them was considered just one of the methods of worship. Aphrodite was originally an old-Asian goddess, similar to the Mesopotamian Ishtar and the Syro-Palestinian goddess Ashtart. Her attributes are a.o. the dolphin, the dove, the swan, the pomegranate and the lime tree.
Canon or Original?: OC (sorta)
Character is from (series, book, creator, or author, if it applies): Mythology.
(Some wiki credit in this application)
First Name: Aphrodite
Last Name: N/a
Middle Name:N/A
Age: Millions of years old
Height/Weight: 5,4 foot and 11lbz
Eyes: Piercing Blue
Hair: Blonde
Character description/personality:
She's protrayed in multiple ways. She's often vain, self-absorbed, cruel, and mischevious. But sometimes she's shown as kind, laughter-loving, and light hearted.
Persuasion: Neutral
Type of Creature: Godess of Beauty and Love
Powers:
Although Aphrodite may seem insignificant in the presence of such deities as the sun-god Apollo or the warlike Athena, her power over love is revealed to be very influential upon closer examination. With a domain that included the innermost feelings of the heart and the source of human passion, Aphrodite had power unlike any other god. Such power is revealed in her actions toward both her faithful followers and those who incited her anger.
Perhaps the most famous example of Aphrodite's influence is the Judgement of Paris, an event in which Aphrodite's actions indirectly caused the Trojan War. In recounting the events that preceded the Trojan War, the Cypris reports Aphrodite's behavior at the marriage of Peleus and Thetis
Weaknesses:
True love made her weak, and also she was very jealous of others being more beautiful than her.
She was Vain, bad tempered and unfaithful.
History: [ur=http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aphrodite.html]Credit![/url]
In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture. According to Hesiod, she was born when Uranus (the father of the gods) was castrated by his son Cronus. Cronus threw the severed genitals into the ocean which began to churn and foam about them. From the aphros ("sea foam") arose Aphrodite, and the sea carried her to either Cyprus or Cythera. Hence she is often referred to as Kypris and Cytherea. Homer calls her a daughter of Zeus and Dione.
After her birth, Zeus was afraid that the gods would fight over Aphrodite's hand in marriage so he married her off to the smith god Hephaestus, the steadiest of the gods. He could hardly believe his good luck and used all his skills to make the most lavish jewels for her. He made her a girdle of finely wrought gold and wove magic into the filigree work. That was not very wise of him, for when she wore her magic girdle no one could resist her, and she was all too irresistible already. She loved gaiety and glamour and was not at all pleased at being the wife of sooty, hard-working Hephaestus.
Aphrodite loved and was loved by many gods and mortals. Among her mortal lovers, the most famous was perhaps Adonis. Some of her sons are Eros, Anteros, Hymenaios and Aeneas (with her Trojan lover Anchises). She is accompanied by the Graces.
Her festival is the Aphrodisiac which was celebrated in various centers of Greece and especially in Athens and Corinth. Her priestesses were not prostitutes but women who represented the goddess and sexual intercourse with them was considered just one of the methods of worship. Aphrodite was originally an old-Asian goddess, similar to the Mesopotamian Ishtar and the Syro-Palestinian goddess Ashtart. Her attributes are a.o. the dolphin, the dove, the swan, the pomegranate and the lime tree.
Canon or Original?: OC (sorta)
Character is from (series, book, creator, or author, if it applies): Mythology.
(Some wiki credit in this application)