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| Aphrodite |
In Greek mythology, Aphrodite (?f??d?t?) was the goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. Born from the severed genitals of Ouranos, after they were cast into the sea by Cronos. It was because of her beauty that the other gods feared jealousy would interrupt the peace between them, and lead to war. Zeus married her to Hephaestus, whom the rest of the gods did not view as a threat.
Iliad expresses another version of her origin, by which she was considered a daughter of Dione, who was the original oracular goddess ("Dione" being simply "the goddess, the feminine form of ?�??, "Dios," the genitive of Zeus) at Dodona. Aphrodite herself was sometimes referred to as "Dione". Once the worship of Zeus had usurped the oak-grove oracle at Dodona, some poets made him out to be the father of Aphrodite.
To the Romans, Aphrodite was known as Venus.
During the siege on Athens, Aphrodite appears before Kratos within the underground tunnels of the city. When he approaches the goddess, she claims she will gift Kratos with the ability to use the power of the Gorgons, allowing the user to turn its target into solid stone. However, Kratos must first decapitate and kill the Queen of the Gorgons, Medusa. With her head Kratos must then kill various Minotaurs, and prove that he is able to use it as a weapon. If he successfully completes this task, the weapon Medusa's Gaze is added to the inventory.
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