Aphrodite / Venus

<p>Goddess of love, beauty, and desire. Symbols include the dove, bird, apple, bee, swan, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtus" title="Myrtus">myrtle</a>, and rose. Daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Dione, or perhaps born from the sea foam after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_%28mythology%29" title="Uranus (mythology)">Uranus</a>' semen dripped into the sea after being castrated by his youngest son, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus" title="Cronus">Cronus</a>, who then threw his father's genitals into the sea. Married to Hephaestus, although she had many adulterous affairs, most notably with Ares. Her name gave us the word "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodisiac" title="Aphrodisiac">aphrodisiac</a>", while her Latin name, Venus, gave us the word "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venereal" class="mw-redirect" title="Venereal">venereal</a>".<sup class="reference" id="ref_gen.5E"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians#endnote_gen.5E">[</a></sup></p>