The Greek poet Hesiod recounts in his epic Theogony that Aphrodite was born from the white foam produced by the severed genitals of Uranus, the personification of heaven, after his son Cronus threw them into the sea. Hence, the goddess’s name comes from the Greek word aphros, meaning “foam.” She emerged from the sea on a shell and took up residence on Paphos, Cyprus.
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