Some stories record that in her later years, she lost a beauty contest to Thetis, and cured Heracles of the madness that had caused him to kill his children.
According to Theocritus, Aphrodite used a live wryneck spread-eagled to a firewheel to keep this woman's passions glowing, at the behest of Athena and Hera. Some stories record that in her later years, she lost a beauty contest to Thetis, and cured Heracles of the madness that had caused him to kill his children. She earned the enmity of the Thebans when she gave cursed wedding gifts to King Creon's daughter. After killing her half-brother Apsyrtus to stall her father's pursuit, she went to Aeaea for purification by her aunt Circe. FTP, name this daughter of Aeëtes who married Aegeus after being abandoned by Jason.
According to Theocritus, Aphrodite used a live wryneck spread-eagled to a firewheel to keep this woman's passions glowing, at the behest of Athena and Hera.
Medea