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:''For information on the Lords of Kobol of the [[Original Series]], see [[Kobollian Faith]].'' | |||
[[Image:Aphrodite.jpg|thumb|[[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]'s artistic depiction of Aphrodite after her birth.]] | |||
'''Aphrodite''' is one of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]], worshiped by Colonials in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. | |||
[[Kara Thrace]] has two figurines that she uses in prayer, one of them depicting Aphrodite ([[Flesh and Bone]]). On New Caprica, [[Nora]] prays to Aphrodite to give her and [[Duck]] a child ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance #Episode 3|The Resistance: Episode 3]]). | |||
==Greek Mythology== | |||
Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Two accounts of her birth exists in Greek mythology. According to one, she was born full-grown out of sea foam after Cronos cut off the genitals of Uranus and the elder god's blood and semen dripped into the sea. According to Homer's ''Iliad'' she was the daughter of the original oracular goddess Dione. | |||
The word ''aphrodisiac'' is derived from her name. | |||
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