Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
When Aphrodite gets with mortals, crazy things happen. Aphrodite's affair with the Trojan Anchises lead to the birth of the Trojan prince Aeneas, a man who's much more interesting before the Romans ever got their hold on him...
CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.
Sources: Early Greek Myths by Timothy Gantz; Theoi.com; The Iliad translated by Caroline Alexander; the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, translated by Diane Rayor.
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