ld get equal claims to Adonis,since Aphrodite arranged his birth and Persephone rescued him from the chest. They alsodecided that Adonis should get some time to without these goddesses in his life, so theydivided a year up into three equal parts:1) Four months with Persephone2) Four months with Aphrodite3) Four months to be with whomever he wanted to be with.17Although this is what the court ruled, Aphrodite wore her magic girdle andpersuaded Adonis to let her not only her time with him, and she persuaded him to let herhave his time to himself to be with him.18Persephone did not agree with this at all. She went to Ares and told him howangry she was. Ares got jealous of Persephone's true love for Adonis, so he disguised himself as a wild boar and killed Adonis right in front of Aphrodite.Aphrodite had two children. She had a son, Golgas, who was the founder of theCyprian Golgi. She also had a daughter, Beroe, who was the founder of Beroea inThrace. Some also say that, instead of Dionysus, Adonis was the father of her sonPriapus.THE JUDGEMENT OF PARISThere is a myth called the Judgement of Paris that has to do with Paris, the son ofPriam and Hecuba, having to judge who is the fairest goddess. This myth starts off at a wedding. Eris threw out a golden apple into the midst ofthe female crowd that was inscripted "For the Fairest". There was a quarrel betweenAthena, Hera, and Aphrodite. Each of the goddesses were claiming that they should getthe apple because they thought themselves to be the fairest. After arguing endlessly, theyeventually agreed to make Paris the settler of their dispute.20All three of the goddesses offered Paris bribes. Aphrodite offered him lust. Heraand Athena offered him kingship and victory in war. Paris gave the apple to Aphroditeand rejected the other goddesses.HEPHAESTUSHephaestus was an unattractive Smith-god that was married to Aphrodite. Hephaestus was the only god who worked or suffered from a phys...
