Aphrodite is the goddess of love. She doesn’t appear in person in the novel, but there are many of her children at Camp Half-Blood. They’re all exceedingly vain, spend their time gazing at their reflections, and possess suitcase-size makeup cases. Though Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus, she loves Ares and spends more time with him going on dates in secluded locations.
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Aphrodite Character Timeline in The Lightning Thief
The timeline below shows where the character Aphrodite appears in The Lightning Thief. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 15
...pretty girl here for a date, but Annabeth warns him to be respectful—Ares’s girlfriend is Aphrodite. Grover uses the flying shoes to get over the barbed wire, but Annabeth and Percy...
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