The Ancient Greeks Take Aspects of Aphrodite That Don't Fit Their Concept of a Love Goddess

The ancient greeks took aspects of aphrodite that didn't fit their concept of a love goddess and put them one step removed. They did this with Aphrodite's ancient association with war. While ishtar and enana were fierce war goddesses as well as love goddesses, aphrodite's connection to war is mostly preserved in her relationship with ares. We're going to use the name hermaphroditos because we want you to know who we're talking about, but that's not an appropriate term for intersex people.