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Aphrodite

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty and eternal youth.

Aphrodite was the most attractive goddess of Mount Olympus. She was the goddess of Love, Beauty and Eternal Youth, arousing desire to gods and humans as well as birds and beasts. In addition, she was connected with the death/rebirth of nature and human beings.

Aphrodite was a highly attractive young woman who dressed elegantly and loved to wear jewellery. Her eyelashes were curled and she had a constant smile on her lovely face, since she was a lover of smiles.

Aphrodite was married to the lame smith Hephaestus, who was the Olympian god of the iron, but her heart was devoted to Ares, the god of war, with whom Aphrodite was having a passionate, but secret love affair.

Aphrodite gave birth to Eros, the winged cupid of love, and was often accompanied by him. Other children of Aphrodite were Hemeros, Pothos, Phobos, Demos, Harmonia and Rhodes.

Cited from Greek-Gods.Info, http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/aphrodite/

Apollo

Apollo is the youthful Greek god of the sun, light, music and prophecy.

Apollo was born of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Leto, a mortal, in the divine Greek island of Delos. He was the younger twin of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt.

Apollo was a handsome, strong and youthful god with impressive golden hair.

Apollo was the Greek god of the music. He invented the lute (a plucked string instrument with a body shaped like a pear), but most popular for playing the lyre, which was invented by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Apollo excelled in important music contests, competing against Greek god Hermes and the Satyr Pan as well as other deities.

In addition, Apollo owned the precious gift of prophecy, given to him by his father Zeus in his infacy, and was the patron of the ancient city of Delphi, where the first oracle in Ancient Greece was located. The disctrict was considered to be the Navel of the World (the "Omphalus") in Ancient times.

Cited from Greek-Gods.Info, http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/apollo/