{"id":640,"date":"2021-05-21T22:56:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T22:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysteriumacademy.com\/?p=640"},"modified":"2023-02-02T03:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T03:07:03","slug":"who-did-aphrodite-sleep-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysteriumacademy.com\/who-did-aphrodite-sleep-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Aphrodite the Greek Goddess and Her Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the goddess of love, sex, and romance, Aphrodite is at work when two lovers come together. As we learn about her, it is natural at some point for us to wonder about her own love life. In this article, we are going to answer the question: Who did Aphrodite Sleep with?<\/p>\n
The Greek goddess Aphrodite had many lovers, including gods and mortals, Most notably, she was lovers with Ares, the god of war, and together they had many children. She was also lovers with her ugly husband Hephaestus, the god of forges, Poseidon, Hermes, Dionysus, and a mortal named Anchises.<\/strong><\/p>\n Aphrodite was highly desired by the all of the gods because she was the most beautiful goddess, but in a strange twist of fate, she was actually married to the ugliest of all the gods.<\/p>\n After emerging from the sea in her unusual birth, she became the most beautiful creature in the world. One of Aphrodite\u2019s many admirers was Hephaestus, the son of Hera and Zeus, a hunchbacked and resentful god, who was the god of forges, blacksmiths, and artisans.<\/p>\n Hephaestus was so ugly that when he was born he was expelled from Olympus, which is where the gods lived, by his own mother. After trapping his mother in a magical throne that he built, to keep the peace, Zeus determined that Aphrodite would marry Hephaestus.<\/p>\n Despite being married Aphrodite had many other lovers. According to the Odyssey by Homer, Hephaestus caught her having an affair with Ares, the god of war.<\/p>\n After falling deeply in love with Aphrodite, Ares pursued her with gifts and compliments. The goddess of love and the god of war began a long affair, spending nights together while her husband was away at his workshop. Together, Aphrodite and Ares conceived many children including Phobos, Harmonia, Aeneas and Eros the god of romantic love.<\/p>\n They were so intent on keeping their affair secret that Ares even had a helper named Alectryon to guard them and prevent anyone from seeing them together. One day Alectryon fell asleep while guarding Aphrodite\u2019s bedroom, where she was sleeping with Ares, and their affair was discovered.<\/p>\n Hephaestus was deeply embittered, and sought revenge. He crafted a gold net of threads that was so fine it was not visible and placed it on the bed. When Aphrodite and Ares returned to bed they were trapped in the net, and Hephaestus summoned all of the gods to witness the affair. At this point it was forbidden for the two lovers to see each other, although they continued to in secret.<\/p>\nAphrodite was Married to Hephaestus<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Aphrodite was Lovers with Ares the God of War<\/strong><\/h2>\n