Aphrodite's favor requires Zagreus to illustrate his capacity for love, both platonically and passionately, by forging bonds with Dusa, Thanatos and Megaera (you will trigger 1 dialogue with the goddess for each bond you forge with them and a 4th one to actually get the favor).
You can't romance Aphrodite. The only romanceable characters are Thanatos, Dusa, and Megaera.
You're not finished forging a bond with Dusa, if she hasn't given you the option to take the ambrosia back from her or let her keep it.
Story summary. Aphrodite makes Hades fall in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, goddess of the crops. He snatches her while she is picking flowers in a meadow with a nymph and takes her down to the Underworld.
Theseus' son Hippolytus became a devotee of the virgin goddess, Artemis, and thus shunned the pleasures of the flesh. This angered Aphrodite, who felt that Hippolytus did not worship her sufficiently.
Aphrodite's major symbols include seashells, myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. The cult of Aphrodite was largely derived from that of the Phoenician goddess Astarte, a cognate of the East Semitic goddess Ishtar, whose cult was based on the Sumerian cult of Inanna.
Aphrodite fell in love with Anchises in Greek mythology. He was a prince of Troy, the son of King Capys and the Trojan princess Themiste. According to some myths, Zeus made Aphrodite fall in love with Anchises in order to punish her for bragging she could make any god fall in love with any mortal.
Aphrodite loves garnets, rubies, rose quartz, pearls, diamonds, sapphire and aquamarine stones. With each of these stones centering its energies towards love, abundance, happiness and overall good vibes, these stones would make great offerings and/or additions to your altars.
Aphrodite was so lovely that only the three virgin goddesses – Artemis, Athena, and Hestia – were immune to her charms and power.
Her special powers were those of love and desire. She had a belt that had the power to cause others to fall in love with the wearer. Some of the other Greek goddesses, such as Hera, would borrow the belt from time to time. Aphrodite had the ability to cause fighting couples to fall in love again.
Her lovers included Ares, the god of war, and the mortal Anchises, a Trojan prince with whom she had a famous son, Aeneas. Her most famous lover, however, was the handsome and youthful mortal Adonis.
Here are some ways you can invite Aphrodite (or that loving self-love energy) into your life. Take a sacred bath. If you want to make it especially Aphrodite-centric you can put pieces of rose quartz around the edge of the tub (or in it). Add rose petals to your bath or rose-scented bath bombs.
Aphrodite was worshipped with incense altars and dove sacrifices. Now a days dove sacrifices are a thing of the past, but modern times her worship can include libations (offerings of water or wine pour\ed out), chocolate, incense, roses, acts of self care, and anything that you think she would like.
Warm and aromatic ginger, energizing orange, rich vanilla, and seductive sandalwood are harmoniously combined to boost your energy and ease your nerves.
What did she control? Aphrodite controlled love, beauty, and desire. She was often depicted as a beautiful woman who would make people fall in love with one another. In her domain, Aphrodite controlled many aspects of love, including attraction, sexual desire, and romantic relationships.
APPLE The apple and apple-tree were sacred to the goddess Aphrodite. She was awarded the prize of the golden apple from Paris of Troy and also bestowed golden apples upon Hippomenes in his contest to win Atalanta.
In Greek mythology, Psyche was a mortal woman whose beauty was so great that it rivaled that of the goddess Aphrodite. Aphrodite became so jealous of Psyche that she sent her son, Eros, to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest man in the world.
Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. She was known primarily as a goddess of love and fertility and occasionally presided over marriage.
Though married to Hephaestus, Aphrodite had an affair with Ares, the god of war. Eventually, Hephaestus discovered Aphrodite's affair through Helios, the all-seeing Sun, and planned a trap during one of their trysts.
Aphrodite's greatest weaknesses were her vanity, jealousy, and hate of anyone considered more beautiful than herself.
Personality. Aphrodite is extremely vain, witty, self-absorbed, cunning, jealous, self-centred but also very passionate and intelligent. She likes to be recognized as the 'most beautiful being in the entire world'. Nonetheless she is still a very respected and influential figure, being a major goddess.