In the Odyssey, the Phaeacian (fee-AY-shan) bard Demodocus sings of the humiliation of this goddess, whose Homeric epithets include Philomeides ("FIE"-low-may-dees), or "laughter-loving."
When this goddess was refused from Rhodes, she drove the sons of Poseidon and Halia mad, causing them to rape their own mother and be buried alive as punishment. In the Odyssey, the Phaeacian (fee-AY-shan) bard Demodocus sings of the humiliation of this goddess, whose Homeric epithets include Philomeides ("FIE"-low-may-dees), or "laughter-loving." Hera cursed this goddess to give birth to an ugly and impotent son whom she conceived with Dionysus. This goddess, the mother of the constantly erect god Priapus, entrusted Persephone with a chest holding a youth who had been born from a split myrrh tree, but she later feuded with Persephone over the boy's love. That youth, a lover of this goddess, was gored to death by Ares in the form of a boar. For 10 points, what lover of Adonis was the Greek goddess of love?
When this goddess was refused from Rhodes, she drove the sons of Poseidon and Halia mad, causing them to rape their own mother and be buried alive as punishment.
Aphrodite [accept Venus until "Greek" is read]