WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Her lovers included Ares, the god of war, and the mortal Anchises, a Trojan prince with whom she had a famous son, Aeneas. Her most famous lover, however, was the handsome and youthful mortal Adonis.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aphrodite (Venus)-The Trojan War Wanted for instigating a war between the Greeks and Trojans. Aphrodite bribed Paris into declaring her the fairest of all the goddesses. She did so by promising him Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world. The only problem was that Helen was already married to the King of Sparta.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aphrodite’s manipulative character is most apparent in the story of Helen, queen of Sparta, whom she offered as her bribe in the Judgment of Paris, inciting ten years of dreadful war at Troy. The Judgment was a popular subject in Pompeian wall painting, an example of which is shown here.