Aphrodite

Aphrodite was born from the foam in the waters of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus. She supposedly arose from the foam when the titan Cronus slew his father Uranus and threw his genitals into the sea.​

 

However, according to Homer, in Iliad, Aphrodite may instead be the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Many gods believed that her beauty was such that their rivalry over her would spark a war of the gods. Because of this, Zeus married Aphrodite to Hephaestus. He wasn’t seen as a threat because of his ugliness and deformity.​ Despite this marriage to Hephaestus, Aphrodite had many lovers. Her lovers include both gods and men – including the god Ares and the mortal Anchises.​