Olympic Pantheon

Aphrodite

Roman Name:   Venus

Other Names and Epithets:    Laughter-loving; life-giving; Kytherea, Cyprian or Cypris (all 3 from her pre-birth trip from Kythera to Cyprus)

Responsibilities:    Love; procreation

Attributes:    sometimes a mirror or hair adornment – she is sometimes shown nude

Sacred Site(s):    Cyprus, Paphos (a city on Cyprus), Kythera

Animal:   Dove