Aphrodite

Greek godde of love and beauty, daughter of Zeus and Dione; or, as later poets have it, sprung from the sea-foam: faithle wife of Hephæstus (Vulcan). She received the prize of beauty from Paris. Her magic girdle rendered whoever wore it an object of desire. Sacred to her are the myrtle, rose, apple, the dove, sparrow, swan, etc. Eros is her son, Cyprus and Cythera the chief seats of her worship. She is identified with Venus of the Romans and Astarte of the Syrians.