Sunday, March 9, 2008

Entry #1. Venus(Aphrodite)

Entry#1: Greek god or goddess-Venus(Aphrodite)
Venus who is also called as an Aphrodite who is goddess of beuty and love. There are two myth of how Venus was born. The first myth is that she was born from Thalassa and Zeus, but it is more comonly known that Venus was born from the island of Cytheria. Cytherea is an island and Venus came out from the sea that is near the Cytherea island and when she came out, because she was extremly beautiful she attracted other gods. So, as soon as she came our from the sea, she became one of the 12 god and goddess representing the goddess of beuty and love. Also, Venus is the wife of Hephaestus who is also one of the god and Venus has a son named Eros who shoots an arrow that makes fall in love. I'd rather say that Venus and Hercules have more difference than similarities. To compare those two, there are different gender. Also, when Venus can be drawn or known as weak and pretty, Hercules is drawn and known as with a muscular and with his strength. The similiar part that they both have is that Hercules was born as a god and Venus was also born as a goddess. The only different part of this would be that Hercules became mortal when Venus lived as an immortal.
Her personality will be described as a goddess who easily gets jelous. There is also a one story that relates to her jelousness which is about Psyche who is an extremly beutiful mortal woman. Eventhough, Venus was married to Hephaestus, she was in love with Ares which shows that she doesn't really like care about her husband and the personality of being a slut. As you can see, the story of Hercules and Venus doesn't realate or similiar to each other. When the story of Hercules is about being a true to become a god, the Venus' story is about the her jealous of others beuty.

Citation:
-info.: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite>

-picture:<http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DVenus%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fp_ip%3DKR&w=420&h=262&imgurl=arliquido.blogs.sapo.pt%2Farquivo%2Fbotticelli%2520o%2520nascimento%2520de%2520venus.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Farliquido.blogs.sapo.pt%2Farquivo%2F177444.html&size=42.1kB&name=botticelli%20o%20nascimento%20de%20venus.jpg&p=Venus&type=JPG&oid=d471962153a9c094&no=8&tt=862794>

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