Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Aphrodite's Birthplace

We went to the beach and rock where Aphrodite was born from the sea. Here is the story Wikipedia tells me about the legend:

Gaia (Mother Earth) asked one of her sons, Cronus, to mutilate his father, Uranus (Sky). Cronus cut off Uranus' testicles and threw them into the sea. A white foam appeared from which a maiden arose, the waves first taking her to Kythera and then bringing her to Cyprus.

Painting from the Dali museum at the end of my trip of this place

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