Natalia Kapatsoulia, Filippos Mandilaras
My First Mythology [Η Πρώτη μου Μυθολογία (I Proti mou Mythologia)] (Series): Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty [Αφροδίτη η θεά της ομορφιάς (Afroditi i thea tis omorfias)]
Mandilaras and Kapatsoulia recount Aphrodite’s life, starting with her birth from the sea in Cyprus and ending with her veneration in Greek temples and legacy for sculptors and painters. Aphrodite emerged from the sea in a large seashell. She was beautiful and everyone fell in love with her. Zephyrus travelled with Aphrodite, first to the island of Cythera—where he spent a night with her—and afterwards to the west part of Cyprus. In Cyprus, the Hours made Aphrodite beautif(...)
