Getting Down & Dirty with Mortals, Aphrodite, Anchises & the Mysteries of Archaic Aeneas
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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Aphrodite's Obsession With Aeneas
Aphrodite tells anchises she regrets being with him, and that she'll be shamed forever for it. But aso that lake is cool and nice, and they're going to have a cool and nice child whom she's going to love a whole lot. She tells anchises that the child will be raised by the nymphs of the mountains near by. They are friends and lovers of hermes and the silene, these rustic mountain gods. And when he 's old enough, he will be brought back to his father. Confusing, but then it's the olympian gods. This son of theirs, oh, this son of theirs.
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