| Aphrodite is the mythological Greek Goddess | | | | out). |
| of love who legend has it was born out of the | | | | |
| sea. According to Greek mythology Aphrodite | | | | The festival of Aphrodite was called |
| was the Goddess of love beauty and sexual | | | | Aphrodisiac (mm that's where it came from) |
| rapture (ooh ah!) born when Uranus the | | | | her priestesses represented her and to have |
| farther of the gods was castrated by Cronus | | | | sex with them was considered an act of |
| his son. Not a very family orientated bunch | | | | worship (Myrtle! book me a flight I am taking |
| were they those Greek Gods? Anyway I digress, | | | | a religious pilgrimage) or reverence towards |
| and it gets better. Cronus the dear loving | | | | this deity. Those Greeks sure new a thing or |
| son who chopped off his dads family jewels | | | | two about worshiping the Gods and the Gods |
| lobbed them into the sea where they foamed up | | | | themselves were not slow in the romance |
| into a veritable lather which produced | | | | stakes either. |
| Aphrodite and transported her to Cyprus. I | | | | |
| think the name Aphrodite is actually | | | | So now you know a bit about Aphrodite and her |
| connected to the word foam or aphros and | | | | chums in Greek God land how about you visit |
| Chythera is a rough translation of Cyprus or | | | | where it's all at. If you are planning on |
| Kypris. | | | | taking a holiday inn Cyprus be sure to stop |
| | | | by and check out the rock of Aphrodite. |
| Well, It sure beats cheap charter flights and | | | | Situated about 12 Kilometers outside of |
| queing at airport check ins to get to the | | | | Paphos town close to the mountain/coast road |
| beautiful Island of Cyprus for your holidays. | | | | you will find a great little restuarant on |
| Anyway, Zeus the top God was a trifle worried | | | | the cliff edge overlooking the Mediterrainian |
| that the other Gods would fight over | | | | ocean. There are some large rocks which are |
| Aphrodites hand in marriage so he beat them | | | | said to be the place where Athrodite was |
| to it by giving her to Hephaestus the God who | | | | born. The legend claims that if you swim |
| fashioned the weapons as a black smith. | | | | around these rocks during a full moon you |
| Hephaestus was a steady hard working plodder | | | | will become 10 years younger (if you don't |
| whilst Aphrodite was a bit of a party animal | | | | kill yourself climbing down the cliffs |
| and girl around town. Despite all this he | | | | first). |
| loved her and using his skills as a black | | | | |
| smith he knocked up (probably in his spare | | | | There are different versions of the Aphrodite |
| time) a beautiful jeweled girdle with magic | | | | story and lots of local legends have grown |
| powers in gold filigree for her to wear. Bad | | | | out of it over the years but the official |
| move Hephaesus, the girdle made her | | | | version is well narrated by the ancient Greek |
| irresistible and she took many lovers not | | | | scholar Hesiod. Whatever version you choose |
| just amongst the Gods but mortals too. The | | | | to accept be sure to see the place for |
| most famous being Adonis who gave her many | | | | yourself, sort the history then chill out at |
| sons including Eros from where the word | | | | the restaurant with a nice cool beer. |
| erotic is taken (I leave you to work that one | | | | |