The Birth of Aphrodite by the Italian Renaissance painter Botticelli (1444-1510). The wind gods Boreas and Zephyrus waft the goddess to shore where she is clothed by one of the Seasons.
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Apr 2, 2008
Greek Mythology : Gods & Goddesses
The gods of the Greek pantheon are divided here into several categories. The first three of these--the Olympian gods, Titan gods, & primeval gods--represent the three different generations of gods to rule the cosmos. The next five categories divide the gods according to domain, namely the gods of sky, sea, earth (i.e. rustic and agricultural) and underworld. The final category contains personifications, those gods and spirits which represented abstract ideas, human emotions and conditions.
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