Original sentence: And she is the original cause of the Trojan War itself: not only did she start the whole affair by offering Helen of Troy to Paris, but the abduction was accomplished when Paris, seeing Helen for the first time, was inflamed with desire to have her—which is Aphrodite's realm.Her domain may involve love, but it does not involve romance; rather, it tends more towards lust, the human irrational longing.In Homer's Iliad she surges into battle to save her son, but abandons him (in fact, drops him as she flies through the air) when she herself is hurt (Ares does much the same thing)
Edited sentence: And she is the original cause of the Trojan War itself: not only did she start the whole affair by offering Helen of Troy to Paris, but the abduction was accomplished when Paris, seeing Helen for the first time, was inflamed with desire to have her--which is Aphrodite's realm.Her domain may involve love, but it does not involve romance; rather, it tends more towards lust, the sort of irrational longing that can destroy people and families...  Even nations.In Homer's Iliad she surges into battle to save her son, but abandons him (in fact, drops him as she flies through the air) when she herself is hurt (Ares does much the same thing, and Zeus eventually sends him to his room without supper)