Getting Down & Dirty with Mortals, Aphrodite, Anchises & the Mysteries of Archaic Aeneas
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
Are You a Goddess?
Aphrodite tells anchises that not only is she human, but here's a whole detailed and thorough back story for how she came to be so hot. She tells him that hermes told her that she would bear anchise glorious children. He just kind of goes along with it, like, well, i know this is a goddess, but i'm not going to tell her she's wrong when she clearly wants to have sex with me.
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