Cyprus Love Affairs.. It's a love-fest for Cypriots and ex-pats on Aphrodite's Island of Love

Tit Bits of Famous Cyprus Love Affairs ............

Did you know that apart from being famous for her beauty, Aphrodite was just as famous for her love affairs?

Aphrodite was the most beautiful goddess in the Greek mythology. Being the most attractive and sensual goddess among the Olympian gods of Ancient Greece, Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty, love and pleasure.

The sea carried Aphrodite to Cyprus; therefore she is also referred to as Kypris and Cyprus is referred to as the island of Aphrodite.

The common belief is that Aphrodite was born when Cronus, the son of Uranus (the father of Gods), castrated his father and threw his genitals into the ocean. From the foam that was gathered around the mutilated genitals, Aphrodite emerged and her stunning beauty captured many mortals and immortals.

Aphrodite was married to the Greek god, Hephaestus, who was a cripple and not handsome, like the other gods. She was known to have numerous affairs with other gods and mortals alike. Her most notable affair was with the Greek god of war, Ares. This affair was notorious and long standing.  Her husband, Hephaestus, knew about her affair with Ares and decided that they needed to be punished. He got his revenge by trapping them in a bedchamber that he shared with his wife and having them suspended naked in a golden net.

Scandalous tales tell of her numerous affairs with the Olympian gods as well as her part in inspiring so many immortals to pursue love relationships with mortals causing chaos and disruption.