Now in Greece, Venus is known as Aphrodite. More vulnerable, chaotic and edgy. She doesn't really do war in the literal sense, being advised by Zeus to leave the fighting to Athena and Hera. But love in Aphrodite's world is just as dangerous. Aphrodite punishes the few who can resist her charms. Her husband, the unfortunate Hephaestus, is ignored and cuckolded.

Aphrodite prefers Ares and there are several others besides all made helpless with desire. Aphrodite is famous for interfering in the lives of humans. Some of her tricks are simple and elegant, transforming Narcissus into a flower so that he can gaze at his reflection for an eternity, or bringing a sculptors statue to life, as Aphrodite is so impressed by the love the sculptor feels for the statue. Aphrodite thought nothing of punishing somebody for failing to worship her, by causing them to fall in love with an animal or a member of their own family.

Aphrodite, God of beauty, love, fertility and transformation, like the earlier Goddess, Ishtar, has an, egotistical, and lustful approach to love. Not much evidence of maternal love, although she does rescue one of her children, Aeneas, if he is in terrible danger… after all, Aeneas has important work to do founding a city…