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Aphrodite
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  • A growl, a belch of gasoline, and deathless Aphrodite stirs on her way, descends to the city limits, drawn down not in a chariot pulled by sparrows, grandiose gold sinking aslant the burnt-out factory chimneys, the heavy air trembling at the heart to the pulse of countless wingbeats, but laboring stop by stop, as she always comes.†   (source)
  • The other cabins filed in: Demeter, Apollo, Aphrodite, Dionysus.†   (source)
  • Silena Beauregard, the head counselor for Aphrodite, waved at me from her pegasus as she flew past.†   (source)
  • Ares had allied themselves with everybody else: Dionysus, Demeter, Aphrodite, and Hephaestus.†   (source)
  • A few tentative hands went up—Demeter, Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • He had preferred the goddess Aphrodite, and now he was dead and his city ash.†   (source)
  • Artemis let her become one of her maiden huntresses, but Aphrodite got her revenge.†   (source)
  • Piper wanted to shout that Aphrodite was wrong.†   (source)
  • A little trick he wanted to play on my dad, Ares, and Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Apparently the Aphrodite kids weren't one hundred percent neat freaks after all.†   (source)
  • "Not knowing is half the fun," Aphrodite said.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite ordered the young woman to fall in love.†   (source)
  • I once saw Aphrodite leave her son to die on the field over a scratch.†   (source)
  • Clever with his hands, and all, but Aphrodite isn't into brains and talent, you know?†   (source)
  • "A daughter of Aphrodite does not wish to be looked at," Zoe scoffed.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite, Ares, and Apollo are backing Poseidon, more or less.†   (source)
  • Again, Jason thought how glad he was that she'd lost the Aphrodite blessing.†   (source)
  • Besides, Aphrodite thinks you're some kinda soap-opera star or something.†   (source)
  • If you're a child of Aphrodite or Demeter, you're probably not a real powerful force.†   (source)
  • Had he sensed she was a child of Aphrodite?†   (source)
  • She hoped Aphrodite would say no, but the goddess kept her eyes on the rack of tattered armor.†   (source)
  • "No, Aphrodite," Grover said, a little dreamily.†   (source)
  • I'd met Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, in person, and her powers had scared me worse than Ares.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite's sons and daughters I wasn't too worried about.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite made me hold the mirror a little higher.†   (source)
  • "Aphrodite took my snowboarding jacket," she muttered.†   (source)
  • "So Ares and Aphrodite," I said, to keep my mind off the growing dark, "they have a thing going?"†   (source)
  • There's got to be more to Aphrodite than this.†   (source)
  • Then there was Aphrodite, who smiled at me knowingly and made me blush in spite of myself.†   (source)
  • Bianca asked, once I'd told them about Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Daughter of Aphrodite, lady of the doves, goddess of love.†   (source)
  • Fortunately for this Hunter, you have a point, daughter of Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • It was weird that the Aphrodite cabin wanted to play.†   (source)
  • The Aphrodite campers stared up at Piper with their mouths open.†   (source)
  • Artemis has been captured Aphrodite rolled her eyes.†   (source)
  • "Oh, put the mirror down," Aphrodite ordered.†   (source)
  • "I wish that would work," Aphrodite said.†   (source)
  • She was just a stupid child of Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • "Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised.†   (source)
  • But you don't know the first thing about Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Toujours, I have had a fondness for the children of Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • That's Aphrodite yelling at him, reminding him that the solstice starts at dawn.†   (source)
  • But somehow she couldn't stay angry with Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Once you do that, you've proven yourself worthy of Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Camp rules: I've been claimed by Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • "Healing is not a power of Aphrodite," Hera said regretfully.†   (source)
  • I would hate it if you were an Aphrodite kid.†   (source)
  • She remembered Aphrodite's warning not to mention that they'd talked.†   (source)
  • "Real ugly," snickered someone from Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite's message was clear: This one needs no improvement.†   (source)
  • "Do not underestimate her," Aphrodite warned.†   (source)
  • There would be no breaking hearts in Aphrodite cabin from now on.†   (source)
  • I fell for that young hero, in fact, because your mother Aphrodite had me under a spell.†   (source)
  • They were standing on the Aphrodite cabin's table, and Piper had one foot in Drew's pizza.†   (source)
  • Meanwhile, the Aphrodite kids were watching Piper and Jason, and trying to pretend they weren't.†   (source)
  • There was some giggling from the Aphrodite cabin.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite must've thought it was important if she'd magically transferred it to his new outfit.†   (source)
  • An Aphrodite kid had actually stood up for her?†   (source)
  • Just because Aphrodite claimed me, doesn't mean I have to be an airhead.†   (source)
  • He needed a friend, and he was glad she'd started losing the Aphrodite blessing.†   (source)
  • Piper struggled to remember about Aphrodite's birth.†   (source)
  • "The rite of passage for an Aphrodite child," one explained.†   (source)
  • There were plenty of those in the Aphrodite cabin.†   (source)
  • He stared at it in the dim light—the smiling face of Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • For a child of Aphrodite, Piper tried hard to play down her beauty.†   (source)
  • She resembled an ancient statue of her mom, Aphrodite, which Jason found a little intimidating.†   (source)
  • She had a way of calming things down with that Aphrodite charm of hers.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite had mentioned him during their teatime chat in Charleston.†   (source)
  • Still looking me straight in the eyes, Aphrodite said, "Neferet lies?†   (source)
  • Silena, take the Aphrodite crew to the Queens—Midtown Tunnel.†   (source)
  • Even the (laughter of Aphrodite couldn't avoid making a face.†   (source)
  • That there's more going on between Aphrodite and me than there really is.†   (source)
  • She remembered what Aphrodite had told her: It's not just his sword wound, my dear.†   (source)
  • While I put it on Persephone, Aphrodite disappeared to come back with a saddle and saddle blanket.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite's words came back to Piper: You must bridge the gap between Roman and Greek, my child.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite wasn't about head-on confrontation.†   (source)
  • Well then why hasn't anyone clued the teachers in on what Aphrodite's up to?†   (source)
  • Six Aphrodite girls kissed me on the cheek in excitement.†   (source)
  • It was almost as if Aphrodite no longer found Piper interesting.†   (source)
  • It made me see Aphrodite with totally new eyes, which I wasn't particularly thrilled about.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite, it doesn't have to be like this between us," I said softly.†   (source)
  • To answer your question, Annabeth, I am both Aphrodite and Venus.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite was about subtlety and guile and charm.†   (source)
  • We visited the Aphrodite cabin, which of course got a five out of five.†   (source)
  • She thought about her friends in the Aphrodite cabin at Camp Half-Blood.†   (source)
  • Deino was one of Aphrodite's three best friends.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite has a serious problem with telling the truth.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite had paid so much attention to Annabeth and Hazel, it had made Piper uneasy.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite had warned her of what was to come, told her what Piper would have to do to stop Gaea.†   (source)
  • The Ares and Aphrodite cabins both claimed her as a hero, and lit the shroud together.†   (source)
  • My mother, Aphrodite, cursed Psyche for her distrust.†   (source)
  • She flashed back to her tea party with Piper, Hazel, and Aphrodite in Charleston.†   (source)
  • "They wanted to …. to believe I was you:' "You stupid Aphrodite girl," Clarisse sobbed.†   (source)
  • Okay, Aphrodite had seen me with Loren, but how could she know about the haiku?†   (source)
  • "I'm so glad you're here," Aphrodite said.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite was the most ancient Olympian, born of the sea and the blood of Ouranos.†   (source)
  • So, you still think she can't take down Aphrodite?†   (source)
  • But a daughter of Aphrodite and a son of Hephaestus?†   (source)
  • I could remember the stables and Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • They got along well with the children of Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • That's why Ares and Aphrodite like each other.†   (source)
  • But Erin and Shaunee have wings, and Aphrodite had something else.†   (source)
  • "Hello, Aphrodite," I said when everyone else seemed too shocked to speak.†   (source)
  • How could a daughter of Aphrodite not approve?†   (source)
  • Had Aphrodite encouraged or discouraged her to like Jason?†   (source)
  • "Call your friends first," Aphrodite said.†   (source)
  • Much as I hated to admit it, what I saw tonight made me understand why Aphrodite acted like she did.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite's words echoed in her head: No demigod shall heal your heart.†   (source)
  • As a daughter of Aphrodite, Piper could tell stuff like that.†   (source)
  • Neferet nodded slightly to me, before she stood to confront Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite had already admitted to me that she could withhold parts of her visions from Neferet.†   (source)
  • Yeah, Damien could tell Aphrodite was having a vision, so he got Neferet.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite, however, laughed gently and kissed her daughter.†   (source)
  • She was supposed to be an expert, being the head counselor for Aphrodite cabin.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite …. well, she is too, in her own way.†   (source)
  • Piper looked up at the clouds and wondered if her mother, Aphrodite, was somehow influencing him.†   (source)
  • "But enough gloom and doom," Aphrodite was saying.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite abruptly let go of my hand and shakily pushed her hair out of her face.†   (source)
  • As a daughter of Aphrodite, maybe she could tell when somebody was struggling with heartache.†   (source)
  • And that proves that Aphrodite's vision was true.†   (source)
  • All of you are such excellent stories, Aphrodite had said.†   (source)
  • My head jerked up to see Aphrodite's body convulse as gray wisps seeped out of her.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite sat—or held court, rather—in a wicker peacock chair.†   (source)
  • So whatever Aphrodite told her, Neferet didn't believe.†   (source)
  • "My brothers," Piper said, "sons of Aphrodite ….†   (source)
  • Heath's voice sliced through the night, cutting off Aphrodite's words.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite spread butter on a muffin as if she had all the time in the world.†   (source)
  • She loved being back with her friends Lacy and Mitchell and all the other Aphrodite kids.†   (source)
  • And I understood, for the first time, why Neferet and Aphrodite had danced during the rituals.†   (source)
  • I heard Sappho come back in and take over checking out Aphrodite's books from Loren.†   (source)
  • She hated how Aphrodite could mess up someone's life with just a short conversation.†   (source)
  • Then she nodded a quick good-bye to Aphrodite and the other girls, and left the dorm.†   (source)
  • Or as Aphrodite would say, twists and turns.†   (source)
  • It must be awful for Aphrodite I said, more thinking aloud than really meaning to comment.†   (source)
  • "You three enjoy the ritual," Aphrodite said.†   (source)
  • That reminds me, Aphrodite saw Loren touching me.†   (source)
  • A child of Aphrodite leading a child of Athena!†   (source)
  • Neferet clamped her hands on Aphrodite's trembling shoulders.†   (source)
  • I said, don't let your guard down about Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite would understand and believe me.†   (source)
  • Maybe Aphrodite would not show up tonight, or be there but forget to harass me.†   (source)
  • You know that Aphrodite's Goddess-given affinity was to be able to foresee disastrous events?†   (source)
  • Aphrodite put down the still-smoking grass and picked up the goblet.†   (source)
  • You are one disappointment after another, Aphrodite!†   (source)
  • Aphrodite stood up so abruptly that she knocked over the chair.†   (source)
  • Who knew what was going on with Aphrodite?†   (source)
  • I opened my eyes and watched Aphrodite move around the circle.†   (source)
  • And she doesn't see through Aphrodite's crap?†   (source)
  • Did you think Aphrodite was going to volunteer to get things set up for you?†   (source)
  • Aphrodite sounded horrified, and I couldn't blame her.†   (source)
  • You were right; Aphrodite didn't try to get me to do anything like giving blood.†   (source)
  • Promise me that you won't let Aphrodite come between us.†   (source)
  • Seriously, Stevie Rae, Aphrodite was destroyed by what Neferet said to her.†   (source)
  • Stevie Rae looked like she'd like to break Aphrodite in half.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite's laugh was way too sexual to be appropriate, and I swear she touched herself.†   (source)
  • Z, don't believe the crap Aphrodite says.†   (source)
  • Persephone and I both shied at the sound of Aphrodite's voice.†   (source)
  • But as soon as she got a good look at Aphrodite, her alarm changed to calm understanding.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite's lips turned up only slightly.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite summoned wind, and my hair lifted gently in a breeze that only I could feel.†   (source)
  • I followed as Aphrodite went to the rear doors of the stable and slid them apart.†   (source)
  • I call the FBI, and we all keep our mouths shut about Aphrodite's vision:' They nodded.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite has no business being a High Priestess.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite …. she has become a problem.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite has some serious anger-management issues.†   (source)
  • I tried not to scribble things like me gusta Erik …. and no me gusta el hag-o Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite dropped the silver hoop beside my plate.†   (source)
  • No. Aphrodite said they're going to feed me.†   (source)
  • As long as Aphrodite lets us know about her visions, at least we can take them seriously.†   (source)
  • Slowly Aphrodite raised her head and took her hand from her cheek.†   (source)
  • You'll see …. you'll see…… " Aphrodite started to walk away.†   (source)
  • Thank you, Aphrodite, that would be lovely.†   (source)
  • Then Aphrodite said something that totally shocked me.†   (source)
  • You're too strong, and Aphrodite is too curious about your Mark.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite was sitting on 'the stone bench closest to the fountain.†   (source)
  • You've got to quit feeling sorry for Aphrodite?'†   (source)
  • And he was the one kid in the room not watching Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite had to tell her the vision, which was seeing a jet crash just after takeoff.†   (source)
  • If Aphrodite was really changing from hag to nonhag, she'd go to Neferet herself," Shaunee said.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite did basically what Neferet did, but she looked like a ho.†   (source)
  • I'd just known that Aphrodite was bad news, and that I had to do something to stop her.†   (source)
  • For whatever twisted reason, bully Aphrodite wanted to keep me out of the Dark Daughters.†   (source)
  • I'd been introduced to her at Aphrodite's Full Moon Ritual.†   (source)
  • "I keep thinking that hubris is eventually going to bring Aphrodite down," Damien said.†   (source)
  • I remembered what Neferet had said earlier about Nyx withdrawing her gifts from Aphrodite.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite ate outside in the dimly lit courtyard where she'd been eating for most of the past month.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite mentioned it almost the second we were alone.†   (source)
  • The High Priestess turned her back on Aphrodite and approached me.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite's visions are no longer valid.†   (source)
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