When you see the citrus groves in Cyprus, carpeting the rolling
countryside and resplendent with luscious oranges and lemons, you’re
witnessing the bounty of Aphrodite firsthand. Bite into a golden Cyprus
apple and taste the cool nectar of this sweetest of Olympian goddesses.
APHRODITE AS MOTHER
As goddess of the tender passions, Aphrodite bore many children —
in fact, up to a dozen. They included three by Ares, one by Hermes,
Hermaphroditus, Aeneas, legendary defender of Troy, Eros (Love), Anteros
(the avenging spirit of spurned love) and, by Adonis, the girl Beroe,
after whom the city of Beirut, Lebanon, is named.
As goddess of the tender passions, Aphrodite bore many children —
in fact, up to a dozen. They included three by Ares, one by Hermes,
Hermaphroditus, Aeneas, legendary defender of Troy, Eros (Love), Anteros
(the avenging spirit of spurned love) and, by Adonis, the girl Beroe,
after whom the city of Beirut, Lebanon, is named. 
