You see a girl walking down the hallway. She's got long blond hair, bright blue eyes, and a perfect tan, even in the dead of winter. You're not surprised that she's wearing a cheerleader's jacket, and has three guys competing for the spot next to her. It's the girl we all love to hate, and the modern day Aphrodite. Aphrodite was the preppy, gorgeous, kind of easy goddess of Ancient Greece. She hooked up with gods and mortals alike, and always had that fallback guy... her husband. She is described in many Homeric hymns using the words "beautiful" and "golden" which only prove her beauty. ""Moisa (Muse), tell me the deeds of golden Aphrodite Kypria, who stirs up sweet passion in the gods and subdues the tribes of mortal men and birds that fly in air and all the many creatures that the dry land rears, and all the sea: all these love the deeds of rich-crowned Kythereia." and ""Of Kythereia [Aphrodite], born in Kypros, I will sing. She gives kindly gifts to men: smiles are ever on her lovely face, and lovely is the brightness that plays over it." both describe her as being with men, which is one of the usually untrue but still repeated stereotypes about being a cheerleader. With her great looks and, shall we say, "loving" personality, she is every inch a modern day cheerleader.
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Aphrodite.html
http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/F9.1.html
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