1. The legendary birthplaceof Aphroditethe Goddess of loveand beauty.

2. She was the Goddess of love, passionand beauty in the ancient world. She was married to god Hephaestosbut she had an affair with Ares(Mars) the handsome god of war andthey had three children. She was the mother of Eros (Cupid),the winged god of love 3. In the Homeric 'Iliad, Aphrodite iscalled the Cyprian or Cytherea. The Romans called her Venus. Greek sculptors made many figures ofher. The most famous statue of Aphroditetoday, is the beautiful 'Venus de Milo',now in the Louvre in Paris. 4. The famousarmless statuecalled Venus de Milo. 5. According to the Greek mythology, Cyprus isthe birth place of the goddess Aphrodite. Gaia (Mother Earth) asked one of her sons,Cronus, to mutilate his father, Uranus (Sky).Cronus cut off Uranus' testicles and threwthem into the sea. A white foam appearedfrom which a maiden arose, the waves firsttook her to Kythera and then brought herto Cyprus. 6. Mythology says that Aphrodite came outof the sea standing naked and coveredwith water on a seashell close to thecostal cliffs of Paphos, Cyprus. Her name literally means "foam born.Aphros in Greek means "foam." 7. The Birth of Venus by SandroBotticelli, 1485. 8. The legendry place of the birth ofAphrodite 9. The combination of the beauty of the area and itsstatus in mythology as the birthplace of Aphroditemakes it a popular tourist location. 10. A local myth is that any person who swims around theAphrodite Rock will be blessed with eternal beauty. 11. Hephaestos wedding gift to Aphroditewas a piece of land on a mountain ofCyprus called the Baths of Aphrodite. 12. The crystal clear water wells up creatingseductive melodies, just like when light rain fallsinto a lake 13. Undoubtedly, the Baths of Aphrodite is one of themost seductive sceneries of the island. 14. Aphroditesfirst templewas inPaphos 15. ISIS( Roman sculpture)ISIS ( Egyptian)Innana ( Babylonian)Ishtar ( Babylonian)Astarti(Phoenician)Laksmi(India)Dante Gabriel Rosetti 16. The temple of Aphrodite in ancient Aphrodiciasis one of the oldest archeological ruins in Turkey( 2nd century B.C.E) 17. Comenius multilateral project2012 -2014