Aphrodite (comics)
Aphrodite, in comics, may refer to: * Aphrodite (DC Comics), a DC Comics character connected to Wonder Woman * Aphrodite (Marvel Comics), the goddess as depicted in Marvel Comics (also known as Venus) * Aphrodite (''Xena'' and ''Hercules''), a character who has appeared in the ''Xena'' comic books * ''Aphrodite IX'', a 2000 series from the Image Comics imprint Top Cow * Pisces Aphrodite, a character from the manga ''Saint Seiya'' * Aphrodite, a character who appeared in the comic book ''Athena'' from Dynamite Entertainment See also * Aphrodite (other) *Venus (comics) Venus, in comics, may refer to: * Venus (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics character, a siren pretending to be the goddess and the goddess, going by Aphrodite * Venus (comic book), a romance comic from 1948 which introduced the above character See ...

Aphrodite (DC Comics)
The Olympian Gods are characters based upon Classical mythology who appear primarily in ''Wonder Woman'', '' Captain Marvel'' and ''Aquaman'' comics. History Pre-Crisis era New era When a Godwave spilled forth from the creation of the Fourth World, the Earth was seeded with great power. It first manifested in the form of old gods, then of metahumans. Some of the oldest of these gods were hidden from the universe until the time of ancient Greece by the sorceress, Hecate. Hecate reasoned that the Olympian Gods (as they would eventually be called) were greatly weakened after usurping power from their father Cronus and the Titans of Myth. She feared that other powerful gods in the universe (notably Darkseid of Apokolips) would seize Earth for himself. Because of Hecate's enchantment, Darkseid wrongly believed that he and the other New Gods pre-dated the Olympians. One day, the young Uxas of Apokolips came to Rome. There he spread tales of the great Olympian gods. Their follo ...
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