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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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Anchises Is Hot as Fuck. She's Still Aphrodite

Aphrodite finds anchises and appears to him as a mortal woman, or at least aphrodite's version of a mortal woman. Anchises sees this beautiful woman, this absolutely stunning human who's just wandered up to him where he works as a herder of cattle. And importantly, anchises is hot as fuck. That much the homeric hym makes very clear. It would be a requirement for aphrodite, even with the machinations of zeus involved, she's still aphrodite. She's a bit shallow, but we love her.

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