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Aphrodite was the sensual and mysterious goddess of love. When Greek poets told of her birth, they recounted the tale of the ancient ruler of the the sky, Uranus, who was vanquished in a terrible battle between the gods. The conquered Uranus was castrated and his genitals thrown into the sea. From the waves at that very spot arose the goddess Aphrodite, fully grown and beautiful.

Her life was as startling as her birth. She was married to the fire god Hephaestus, but had many lovers. One affair engendered Eros, the god of love, from whom comes the term erotic.

Aphrodite was a powerful goddess who inspired awe and fear in the hearts of the ancients. Her sensuality is reflected in aphrodisiac, a word derived from her name.

Since the 18th century, many things were thought to have inspired sexual or aphrodisiac passion: truffles, mushrooms, tomatoes, the powdered horns of bulls and rhinos. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said "power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

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