APHRODITE
Choosing between Attraction or Love? Beauty or Affection? Seduction or Intimacy? It may seem
hard. But can one exist without the other? Imagine being a goddess and having both.
I am Aphrodite. The Goddess of Love, Beauty, Pleasure, Seduction, and Fertility. I am one of the
Olympian Gods but I am not from Zeus and Hera. My father is Uranus, that makes me the siblings of the
twelve Titans. I am a princess. I just stay in my castle and brush my long hair. I may not be able to use a
spear and bow like Athena and Artemis, but I can cause a war. You can give me credits to the Trojan
War, and what I did to Paris. I used my beauty and it has led to negative consequences. I have long
records of affairs, and I have also destroyed marriages because men tend to choose me over their wives. It
may seem a win but the truth is they only want me because of my enchanting face and feminine curves.
There were many stories of my creation. Some say I came from my father’s blood, Uranus.
Others say I emerged from the shell in the sea. But the only true fact that is constant in my story is how I
seduced every Olympians in Mount Olympus. If you have heard about my infamous story of how I had an
affair with the God of War, Ares, then you must have known that I was forced into marriage by the
impudent god, Zeus. I was forced to marry the ugliest God in Olympus. I was supposed to be the symbol
of love but I cannot marry the one that I love. Was it enough to justify my unfaithfulness?
Some may label me as immoral and unethical. That just proves the saying, “Nobody is Perfect.”
Even if I am a Goddess, I am not perfect, I also commit mistakes. I may have strengths, but I possess
weakness as well. Being the Goddess of Love and Beauty, I must serve my purpose to love and to be
appealing. Attraction and Love should be present, one cannot exists without the other. It is my duty to
maintain balance to both.