Well, im doing a report, and i needed the details. thanks!
2007-03-05 14:14:01 · 4 answers · asked by Dezzi;Babbyy; 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Don't quote me on this, but I thought Aphrodite was born of the seafoam created when her father, Uranus, was castrated and his genitals were thrown into the sea. I don't recall anything about specific potions...but I could be wrong there.
2007-03-05 14:23:17 · answer #1 · answered by OhKatie! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Foam-arisen" Aphrodite was born of the sea foam near Paphos, Cyprus after Cronus cut off Uranus' testicles and threw them into the sea. Hesiod's Theogony described that the genitals "were carried over the sea a long time, and white foam arose from the immortal flesh; with it a girl grew" to become Aphrodite. This fully grown up myth of Venus (another name for Aphrodite), Venus Anadyomene[7] ("Venus Rising From the Sea") was one of the iconic representations of Aphrodite, made famous in a much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in Pliny the Elder Natural History.
Nasty...
2007-03-05 22:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by Enigmatic A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think any potions were thrown in. Just Uranus' testicles, when Cronus cut them off...those crazy Greek gods..
2007-03-05 22:22:33 · answer #3 · answered by doctorevil64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no potion
chronos,helped by his mother ghea,escaped from tartarus where he and his brothers,the titans,were locked by their father uranus.chronos wanted to kill his father but he only cut off his testicles.this testicles fell in the sea and transformed in foam.from the foam was born aphrodite.she was taken by the waves to ciprus.
aphrodite in greek means "born from foam"
2007-03-06 03:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by kalliste 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋