Aphrodite

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/aphrodite

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary greek name?Aphrodite
2. What is the roman equivalent?Venus
3. How was Aphrodite born?One story says she came from sea foam after the sky god was cut up. Another story says she is the daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Dione.
4. What does Aphrodite control?She rules over love, friendship, marriage, and fertility. She helps people become parents and keeps life growing.

Theogony: A genre of poetry and religious cosmology concerning the birth and genealogies of the gods.
Homeric Hymns: An ancient Greek collection of thirty-three paeans and fragmentary poems dedicated to various gods.
Iconography: The visual images and symbols used in a work of art or the study or interpretation of these.
Archetype: A very typical example of a certain person or thing; a recurring symbol or motif.