Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

Gods and Goddesses + groups > Aphrodite > Flashcards

Aphrodite Flashcards

1
Q

Who were Aphrodite’s parents?

A

Zeus and Dione

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is Hesiod’s version of Aphrodite’s birth?

A

that she sprung from the foam that gathered about the severed genitals of Uranus as they floated through the sea to the island of Cyprus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What does aphros mean?

A

sea foam

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Who was called Cythereia?

A

Aphrodite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

The early Lycian poet Olen made both Aphrodite and Eros children of what…

A

Eileithyia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Who did Aphrodite marry?

A

Hephaestus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Who did Aphrodite have affairs with?

A

Ares

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Who told Hephaestus about Aphrodite’s affair?

A

Helius

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

How did Hephaestus get revenge on Aphrodite?

A

He trapped them in bed and made them ridiculed by the other gods

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Who were the children of Aphrodite and Ares?

A

Eros, Deimus (Fear), Phobus (Panic), and Harmonia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Which god’s advances did Aphrodite repulse?

A

Hermes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

In one of these the love-goddess was a surprisingly reluctant partner…

A

Hermes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Who helped Hermes get Aphrodite?

A

Zeus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

How did Zeus help Hermes get Aphrodite?

A

he sent an eagle to snatch her sandal and carry it to him. The goddess had to submit to him in order to recover it

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Who was the child of Hermes and Aphrodite?

A

Hermaphroditus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Who was the child of Aphrodite and Dionysus?

A

Priapus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Who was the child of Aphrodite and Poseidon?

A

Eryx

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Who was the child of Aphrodite and Butes?

A

Eryx

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Name the daughters of Cinyras?

A

Orsedice, Laogore, and Braesia, and Myrrha

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Why did Aphrodite punish Myrrha more harshly than her sisters?

A

her mother rashly boasted that the girl was more beautiful than Aphrodite

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

How did Aphrodite punish Myrrha?

A

made her fall in love with her father

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Who was the child of Myrrha and Cinyras?

A

Adonis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

What infant did Aphrodite love?

A

Adonis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

What did Aphrodite do with Adonis?

A

put him in a chest and gave him to persephone

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Who settled the dispute of Adonis?
Calliope
26
Who refused to give Adonis back to Aphrodite?
Persephone
27
What did Calliope decree about Adonis?
He would spend part of each year with each goddess
28
How did Aphrodite punish Calliope?
causing the death of her son Orpheus
29
How did Adonis die?
he was killed by a boar
30
What grew from Adonis's blood
anemone flower
31
Who saw Anchises as he tended his herds on Mount Ida and fell madly in love with him?
Aphrodite
32
Why did Aphrodite fall in love with Anchises?
because zeus was annoyed she was always making the other gods fall in love with mortals and then laughing at them
33
To seduce Anchises, who did Aphrodite pretend to be?
a daughter of King Otreus
34
Who was the child of Anchises and Aphrodite?
Aeneas
35
What nymphs reared Aeneas?
Idaean nymphs
36
Because he told others the real parentage of his son, Zeus...
Anchises
37
Which other Trojan besides Aeneas did Aphrodite favor?
Paris
38
Who judges the beauty contest between the goddesses?
Paris
39
Who did Paris award the apple to?
Aphrodite
40
What bribe did Aphrodite offer Paris?
the hand of Helen
41
Which side of the Trojan war did Aphrodite pick?
Trojans
42
while saving Aeneas, who wounded Aphrodite?
Diomedes
43
Who knocked Aphrodite down while she was aiding her lover Ares?
Athena
44
Who did Aphrodite lend her belt?
Hera
45
Who arranged a meeting for Achilles and Helen?
Thetis and Aphrodite
46
Who gave Melanion the apples?
Aphrodite
47
Who turned Atalanta and Melanion into Lions?
Aphrodite
48
Who transformed Selemnus into an Achaean river when he died for love?
Aphrodite
49
When Zeus became a swan, who pursued him in the shape of an eagle so that he might plausibly take refuge in Nemesis’ lap?
Aphrodite
50
Who helped Zeus win Nemesis?
Aphrodite
51
Because Hippolytus wanted to remain a virgin, what did Aphrodite do?
cause Phaedra to fall in love with him
52
When Tyndareiis, king of Argos, failed to honor Aphrodite to her satisfaction, what did she arrange?
that his three daughters, Helen, Clytemnestra, and Timandra, should all betray their husbands
53
Who punished the Lemnian women?
Aphrodite
54
Why did Aphrodite let the Argonauts and Lemnian women fall in love?
because Hephaestus was the patron god of Lemnos
55
Who did Aphrodite make Clio fall in love with?
Pierus
56
Aphrodite later carried off who to be the night warder of her shrine?
Phaethon (Eos’ son by Cephalus)
57
How did Aphrodite punish Helius?
made him fall in love with Leucothoe
58
Who caused Glaucus's mares to eat him?
Aphrodite
59
Aphrodite adopted orphaned daughters of what man?
Pandaurus
60
what happened to the orphaned daughters of Pandaurus after Aphrodite took them to Olympus?
the harpies snatched them
61
Who rescued Aeneas’ first wife, Creusa, from slavery among the Greeks?
Aphrodite
62
Who did Aphrodite rescue from slavery among the greeks?
Creusa
63
What argonaut did Aphrodite rescue?
Butes
64
Who persuaded Poseidon to immortalize Ino and Melicertes as the sea deities Leucothea and Palaemon?
Aphrodite
65
Who did Aphrodite rescue as he was swimming toward the Sirens’ island and carried him off to Lilybaeum?
Butes
66
Who did Aphrodite persuade to make Ino and Melicertes sea deites?
Poseidon
67
What animal did Aphrodite become when escaping Typhon?
a fish

Gods and Goddesses + groups (38 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions