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Aphrodite, or Venus to the Romans, is said to have been birthed from sea foam (hence her Greek name) and carried aloft on a scallop shell.  The Homeric …

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Aphrodite, or Venus to the Romans, is said to have been birthed from sea foam (hence her Greek name) and carried aloft on a scallop shell.  The Homeric Epics Relate:

"To Sea-set Kypros the moist breath of  Zephyros (the western wind) wafted her over the waves of the loud-moaning sea in soft foam, and there the gold-filleted Horai welcomed her joyously. They clothed her with heavenly garments: on her head they put a fine, well-wrought crown of gold..." « Less