Aphrodite

### Aliases

Goddess of Love, Goddess of Sex, Goddess of Beauty, Goddess of Lust, Goddess of Desire, Goddess of Sexuality, Goddess of Pleasure (Purviews)
Goddess, Patron of the Amazons, Lady of the Doves (Titles)
Venus, Dione (Aliases)

### Relatives

Ouranos (Spiritual Father)
Thalassa (Spiritual Mother)
Eros, Phobos, Deimos, Priapus (Sons)
Eucleia, Euthenia, Eupheme, Philophrosyne, Harmonia, Methe (Daughters)
Aphroditus (Child)

### Marital Status

Seperated (Hephaestus, Estranged Husband)
Dating (Ares, Lover)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Olympian Goddess Physiology:** As a daughter of Ouranos, Aphrodite is an extremely powerful goddess, especially since "love can bring even the gods to their knees."
	+ ***Immortality*:** Daimons are immortal & can live forever. They do not age like humans & are unaffected by time or succumbing to mortal frailty as sickness or impotence of any kind.
	+ ***Superhuman Agility***
	+ ***Superhuman Durability***
	+ ***Superhuman Senses***: Daimons' senses are enhanced to immense superhuman levels, allowing them to perceive the world in far greater detail than the senses the average human possesses. Aphrodite possesses infallible visual acuity, allowing her to have a level of microscopic-vision.
	+ ***Superhuman Speed***
	+ ***Superhuman Strength*:** Daimons possess incredible physical prowess.
	+ ***Transfiguration*:** Olympians possess the ability to shapeshift & to transfigure others. Her shapeshifting ability has been emphasized more than the other gods due to the fact that she frequently likes to appear to others as their personal epitome of physical attraction.
* **Divine Abilities**
	+ ***Council of Twelve*:** Aphrodite is a member of the Council of Twelve, making her one of the twelve major deities of the pantheon. Every summer & winter solstice, they hold an official meeting to discuss the state of their pantheon.
	+ ***Goddess of Love*:** Aphrodite has divine authority & absolute control over the emotions of love. She is able to arouse love & 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 (Hestia, Artemis, Athena).
		- ***Multilingualism*:** She has perfect fluency & understanding of French, as it is a language of love. She also is fluent in many other languages, including Ancient Greek.
	+ ***Goddess of Sex*:** She can influence fertility in terms of reproduction. She can bless someone with high fertility & curse others with infertility.
	+ ***Goddess of Beauty*:** Aphrodite can change her appearance depending on the perception of the beauty of the person she is in the presence of. She is so breathtakingly beautiful that jaws drop & people become speechless when first seeing her. She has been described as "elegant without trying, fashionable without effort, stunning without makeup." She can grant, enhance or diminsh the beauty of others. She cursed the women of Lemnos with a stench so terrible that none of the men could stand to be within 50 feet of them.
		- ***Chlorokinesis*:** Aphrodite has control over flora (especially flowers), though not to the extent of Demeter & Dionysus. It has been mentioned that magnificent flowers would blossom wherever she walked. She can turn anyone into anything related to flowers.
	+ ***Goddess of Lust*:** Aphrodite is able to arouse passion in others, entrancing any mortal or god she desires. Her voice has a mesmerizing effect, capable of influencing the emotions of others in order to place them in her thrall.
	+ ***Goddess of Pleasure / Goddess of Desire*:** Aphrodite has divine authority & absolute control over craving of the attainable, physical appetite, emotional need, envious desire & satisfaction of one's desire.
	+ ***Goddess of Sexuality***
	+ ***Photokinesis*:**Aphrodite has limited control over light, though not to the extent of Apollo.
	+ ***Virtuakinesis*:** She can create optical illusions.
	+ ***Control of Animals*:** She has a high level of control over her sacred animals, particularly the dove.
	+ ***Life Creation*:** She has possesses the ability to manipulate reality itself to a considerable extent.

### Weaknesses

* **Vindictive:** She was shown to have a deep grudge against those who have "perverted" notions of love, such as the self-absorbed Narcissus & the asexual Hippolytus, & would punish them severely if she could. She also has shown this personality against those who have disrespected her, as seen by the example of Smyrna, who refused to worship & respect the goddess. As a result, the goddess cursed Smyrna into falling in love with Cinyras, her own father.
* **Vanity:** Aphrodite sometimes suffers from excessive pride in her appearance, qualities, abilities & achievements.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

#### General

* She also has numerous loyal attendants, including Eros (her son & male counterpart), Hymen (the god of marriage ceremonies), Ganymede (the god of homosexual love & desire), the three Charites (who serve as her handmaidens) & the Erotes (miniature winged love gods).
* Her name is the inspiration for *aphrodisiac*.
* The planet Venus is named after her Roman counterpart.
* Aphrodite has a belt (given to her by her husband, Hephaestus) that makes her seem even more beautiful. It's said that it contains all her enchantments. Hera borrows it once to make amends with Zeus after a particularly unpleasant argument or if she ever wanted something from him. Which is ironic as Aphrodite & Hera are not friends & still don't have a good relationship.
* Despite being the goddess of love first and foremost, Aphrodite can & will actually partake in combat.
* She uses a swan-drawn car to glide easily through the air.
* She is well known for receiving the Golden Apple from Paris, having promised to give him the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy. This act led to the Trojan War.
* According to Apollo, she dislikes Scarlett Johansson.
* She also had a grand temple on the acrocorinth, famous for its prostitution (employing some thousand of hetairas), which contributed to the city's vast wealth, making it a rival to Athens & Thebes.

#### Relationships

* Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus but she did not enter into this union of her own volition. However, she quickly grew to love him but still carries on affairs as he always busy with his new inventions.
* Her past lovers include Adonis, Hermes, Dionysus, Poseidon & Zeus.
* She is believed to be the mother of actor, James Dean.