Aphrodite

Aphrodite (アフロディーテ) or Venus (金星), The Bringer of Peace (平和をもたらす者) is the Goddess of Love (愛の女神), Goddess of Beauty (美の女神), Goddess of Pleasure (快楽の女神), Goddess of Happiness (幸福の女神), Goddess of Sexuality (性の女神), Goddess of Desire (欲望の女神), Goddess of Seduction (誘惑の女神), Goddess of Procreation (子作りの女神), and the Goddess of Lust (色欲の女神). She is known as the Lady of the Doves (鳩の貴婦人), Lady of Kythera (キティラの聖母) and the Lady of Cyprus (キプロスの貴婦人).
== Background ==
In 1710 B.C, when Ouranos' genitals were cut by Cronos and thrown to the sea during the Rebel against Ouranos, Aphrodite emerged from the sea. 
== Abilities ==
=== Amokinesis ===
As the Goddess of Love, Lust, and Sexuality, Aphrodite has divine authority and absolute control over the emotions associated love and desire. She is able to arouse love and passion in others, entrancing any mortal or god she desires.. The only known deities who have at least partial immunity to this are the three Virgin Goddesses, which are Hestia, Athena and Artemis.
==== Charmspeak ====
Aphrodite's voice has a mesmerizing effect, capable of influencing the emotions of others in order to place them in her thrall. Her charmspeak is far more powerful than that of her children.
==== Personification of Desire ====
Aphrodite is the personification of all desire and fulfillment. She has divine authority and absolute control over craving of the attainable, physical appetite, emotional need, envious desire, and satisfaction of one's desire. 
=== Beauty ===
As the Goddess of Beauty, Aphrodite can change her appearance to perfectly fit the perception of beauty according to the person she is in the presence of. She is so breathtakingly beautiful that a normal mortal's jaw would have dropped and speechless for a couple of seconds after first seeing her. Her daughter Piper described Aphrodite as "elegant without trying, fashionable without effort, stunning without makeup."
==== Omnipotent Allure ====
Aphrodite can change her appearance to become the most physically attractive or sexually attractive body according to the person she in the presence of.
==== Biokinesis ====
Aphrodite can manipulate one's body to grant and/or enhance their beauty or make them ugly and undesirable. Her claiming enhances the beauty of her already gorgeous demigod children and removes their physical imperfecions, such as pimples. Aphrodite can turn others ugly.
==== Infallible Visual Acuity ====
Aphrodite possessed a level of microscopic-vision. She was able to see flaws in her makeup that mortals couldn't.
=== Fertility Manipulation ===
Aphrodite can influence fertility in terms of reproduction. She can bless someone with high fertility, and curse others with infertility. 
=== French ===
Aphrodite has perfect fluency and understanding of French, as it is a language of love.
=== Chlorokinesis ===
Aphrodite has control over flora (especially flowers), though not to the extent of Demeter and Dionysus. Magnificent flowers would blossom wherever she walked. 
==== Plant Transformation ====
Aphrodite can turn anyone into anything related to flowers. She transformed the corpse of Adonis into blood-red roses and anemones.
=== Photokinesis ===
Aphrodite has limited control over light, though not to the extent of Apollo.
==== Pyrokinesis ====
Aphrodite can generate pink explosions, which are destructive enough to instantly blast the ceiling of her palace to rubble.
==== Virtuakinesis ====
Aphrodite can create optical illusions. She created several illusions of people in need to try to distract Psyche.
=== Nephelokinesis ===
Aphrodite can float on a small white cloud. She used this ability while helping Piper fight Periboia.
=== Control of Animals ===
Aphrodite has a high level of control over her sacred animals, particularly the dove. In The Blood of Olympus, she summoned doves to rise up from nowhere and flutter into Periboia's face whenever the Giantess tried to strike.
=== Life Creation ===
Aphrodite has demonstrated the ability to manipulate reality itself to a considerable extent. She was able to make Pygmalion's beautiful ivory statue come to life.
=== Teleportation ===
Aphrodite summoned a rosewood box for Psyche instantly.
=== Astral Projection ===
She was able to communicate through a magical image of her face in a doorway.
=== Beauty Embodiement ===
Aphrodite's beauty was spellbinding.
=== Beauty Inducement ===
She could also cause others to become beautiful.
=== Immortality ===
Aphrodite is an immortal, as she cannot die through natural causes or weapons that can easily kill a mortal. Only other gods, divine weapons or other immortals, can probably harm her.
=== Amokinesis ===
Aphrodite attracts both men and women naturally through her presence and/or by her will.
=== Love Inducement ===
Aphrodite could cause other beings to fall in love with one another.
=== Power Bestowal ===
Aphrodite granted Kratos the ability to wield Medusa's gaze.
=== Shapeshifting ===
A small alteration to her appearance is that Aphrodite sometimes has auburn hair, rather than the blond hair, implying that she too can alter her appearance.
=== Telepathy ===
Aphrodite was able to perceive Kratos' mind when he encountered her. None of the other Olympians displayed this ability like she did. This implies that, as she is the Goddess who oversees strong emotions such as love, this allows her to see into people's minds.
=== Weaknesses ===
As the goddess of beauty, she is a bit stuck on herself, but with a perfect face, who can blame her for that?
== Olympian's Crown ==
=== Battle ===
As a mini-boss, over the course of her battle, she will sent love projectiles and charm your team. Sometimes she will turn your team into plants and frogs for 10 seconds. 
=== Boons ===
==== Individual Boons ====
Aphrodite has boons that are applied to herself, which inflicts Weak and Charmed which for at least 4 Seconds, victim deals at least 30% less damage: 
* Heartbreak Strike: Attack deals more damage and inflicts Weak.
* Heartbreak Flourish: Special deals more damage and inflicts Weak.
* Crush Shot: Cast is a wide, short-range blast that inflicts Weak.
* Passion Flare: Cast damages foes around you and inflicts Weak.
* Passion Dash: Dash inflicts damage where you end up, inflicting Weak.
* Aphrodite's Aid: Call fires a seeking projectile that inflicts Charm. Full Gauge Bonus is 2500 damage.
* Dying Lament: When foes are slain, they damage nearby foes and inflict Weak.
* Wave of Despair: After taking damage, damage nearby foes and inflict Weak.
* Different League: Resist some damage from nearby foes' attacks.
* Life Affirmation: Any potion rewards are worth more.
* Empty Inside: Weak effects have a longer duration.
* Sweet Surrender: Weak-afflicted foes are also more susceptible to damage.
* Broken Resolve: Weak effects are more potent.
* Blown Kiss: Cast shoots farther and is stronger against undamaged foes.
* Unhealthy Fixation: Weak effects also have a 15% chance to Charm foes with a duration of 4 Seconds. 
==== Compound Special Duo Boons ====
* Curse of Longing (With Ares): Your Doom effects continuously strike Weak foes. Successive Hit Damage: 50%
* Heart Rend (With Artemis): Your Critical effects which deal 300% more damage deal even more damage to Weak foes. Bonus Critical Damage against Weak increases by 150%.
* Parting Shot (With Athena): Your Cast gains any bonuses you have for striking foes from behind. Bonus Backstab Damage increases by 35%.
* Cold Embrace (With Demeter): Your Cast crystal fires its beam directly at you for +4 seconds. Bonus Cast Damage increases by 30%.
* Low Tolerance (With Dionysus): Your Hangover effects stack even more times against Weak foes. Bonus Hangover Stacks is 3.
* Sweet Nectar (With Poseidon): Any Poms of Power that increases boons by 2 levels you find are more effective. Bonus Lv. from Poms is increased by 1.
* Smoldering Air (With Zeus): Your Call charges up automatically, but is capped at 25%. Auto Gauge Gain is 1% every 2 seconds.
== Trivia ==
* According to the Roman historian Livy, Aphrodite and Venus were officially identified in the third century BC when the cult of Venus Erycina was introduced to Rome from the Greek sanctuary of Aphrodite on Mount Eryx in Sicily. After this point, Romans adopted Aphrodite's iconography and myths and applied them to Venus.
* Her Roman name, Venus, is the name of the second planet of the Solar System, following Mercury and followed by Earth.
* Venus, the third brightest object after the Sun and Moon, was named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It's the only planet named after a female god.
* Based on The Planets Suite Op. 32 composed by Gustav Holst, Aphrodite's Roman name Venus is the second movement and is named as the Bringer of Peace.
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